Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision 1142988
The deciding factor: The competent and credible evidence of record does not support a finding that any of the claimed conditions are related to service or exposure to herbicide agents. The Veteran's bilateral pes planus was noted at entry but is presumed to have existed prior to service, and there is no clear and unmistakable evidence (CUE) to overturn this presumption. For hearing loss and tinnitus, there is no credible evidence of in-service injury or disease, and the post-service records do not show a continuity of symptomatology within one year of separation. The Veteran's bladder disorder, renal calculi and cyst, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and prostate cancer are not presumed to be related to service exposure to herbicide agents.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, bladder disorder, renal calculi and cyst, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 23, 2011
- Citation
- 1142988
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