The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied. The Board found that the Veteran did not have a current diagnosis of a skin rash, claimed as fungus, of the hands and feet or bronchitis, and thus could not be presumed to have been incurred in service due to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show a current diagnosis of a skin rash, claimed as fungus, of the hands and feet or bronchitis. The Veteran's STRs are negative for such conditions, and post-service records do not document any such diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (including Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Depression, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)), Prostatitis, Skin Rash of the Feet and Hands (claimed as fungus), Hemorrhoids, Bronchitis, Chronic Bladder Infections, Sleep Disturbance or Sleep Apnea
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1021118
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What this means for you
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