The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for GERD, a disability manifested by liver and spleen enlargement, including as due to his service-connected PTSD, and a disability manifested by dizziness and vertigo, including as secondary to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence indicating that any of the Veteran's claimed conditions are causally or etiologically related to his active service, including any Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- dermatophytosis, onychomycosis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), kidney cyst, kidney/urethral stone, lipoma of the right upper quadrant, liver and spleen enlargement, dizziness and vertigo
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2010
- Citation
- 1006581
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including right shoulder disability, abdominal hernia, GERD, bilateral ankle disabilities, and bilateral foot disabilities. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred or aggravated during the appellant's period of active duty.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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