The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for muscular, skin, and gastrointestinal disorders due to lack of evidence associating these conditions with his military service. The Veteran's claim for residuals of a left wrist/hand injury is granted, but no rating assigned as there was no active wound or disability found. The Veteran's malaria is not considered active and thus does not warrant an increased rating.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the evidence did not support a finding that any of the claimed conditions were incurred in service due to herbicide exposure, nor could they be linked to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Muscular disorder, Skin disorder, Gastrointestinal disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2010
- Citation
- 1009168
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