The Board found that the Veteran's coccidioidomycosis and pulmonary hypertension were not incurred in or aggravated by active military service, may not be presumed to have been incurred in service, and were not due to in-service exposure to ionizing radiation. The Board also determined that they were not proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show that coccidioidomycosis was caused by an injury, incident or disease in service and was not related to exposure to ionizing radiation or secondary to a service-connected disability. Pulmonary hypertension was found to be due to the Veteran's service-connected asbestosis.
- Claimed conditions
- coccidioidomycosis, pulmonary hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2011
- Citation
- 1138021
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