The Veteran's claim for service connection for anemia was denied as there is no evidence of a current disability related to her active duty service. The claim for chest pain was granted based on the presumption that it occurred during ACDUTRA, but not related to any pre-existing condition. Service connection for GERD and right knee disorder were both denied.,The Veteran's chest pain claim was granted as presumed due to ACDUTRA exposure, while her service connection claims for anemia and right knee disorder were denied based on lack of a current disability or no evidence linking the conditions to service.
The deciding factor: Service connection decisions are made based on whether there is a current disability that is related to service. For chest pain, it was presumed due to ACDUTRA exposure. Anemia and right knee disorder were denied as there is no current evidence of these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- anemia, chest pain, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), right knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2009
- Citation
- 0926598
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