The Board denied service connection for a dental condition, bilateral eye disorder, skin cancer, and lung disorder (claimed as due to asbestos exposure), finding no evidence of in-service injury or disease. The effective date for the grant of service connection for tinnitus was set at January 17, 2008.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not present any competent evidence that he had a dental condition, bilateral eye disorder, skin cancer, or lung disorder due to in-service injury or disease. The Board found no basis for presumptive service connection under applicable regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Dental condition, Bilateral eye disorder, Skin cancer, Lung disorder (claimed as due to asbestos exposure)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 5, 2009
- Citation
- 0929201
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