The Board has determined that new and material evidence was not received to reopen claims for low back disability, residuals of head injury (other than headaches), right leg disability, sinusitis, diabetes mellitus, type II, peripheral neuropathy, cardiovascular disability, diabetic retinopathy, throat disability, and PTSD. The Veteran's claims are denied.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's claims for service connection under the secondary theory of exposure to Agent Orange or other chemicals.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability, residuals of head injury (other than headaches), right leg disability, sinusitis, diabetes mellitus, type 2, peripheral neuropathy, cardiovascular disability, diabetic retinopathy, throat disability, PTSD
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1031965
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What this means for you
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