The Board has denied the request to reopen claims for service connection for a respiratory disorder characterized by bronchitis, upper respiratory infection, sino-bronchitis, and/or flu syndrome; polymyositis with rhabdomyositis; and microcytic anemia. The underlying service connection claims are also denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Respiratory Disorder Characterized by Bronchitis, Upper Respiratory Infection, Sino-Bronchitis, and/or Flu Syndrome, Polymyositis with Rhabdomyositis, Microcytic Anemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2009
- Citation
- 0940541
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