The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including right and left elbow disabilities, a rash on the chest, recurrent pharyngitis, gynecomastia, Graves disease, and a back disability, all of which are not presumed to be due to exposure to herbicides. The evidence does not support a finding that any of these conditions were incurred in service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran served in the Republic of Vietnam but there is no affirmative evidence of non-exposure to herbicides. None of the claimed disabilities have been linked to service, including as due to exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- right elbow disability, left elbow disability, rash on the chest, recurrent pharyngitis, gynecomastia, Graves disease, back disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1006942
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