The Veteran's failure to report for a VA examination deemed necessary to determine the current nature and severity of his service-connected disabilities (with respect to impact on employment) means that this claim must be denied as a matter of law.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to provide good cause for not reporting to the scheduled VA examination, which is required when entitlement to a benefit cannot be established without a current VA examination or reexamination and a claimant fails to report for such examination or reexamination.
- Claimed conditions
- anatomical loss of the left eye, shell fragment wound (SFW) to muscle groups XIV and XVII on the left, SFW to the left foot with fracture of left 5th metatarsal, SFW to muscle groups I and XII on the left side, diabetes mellitus, scar of the left Achilles tendon, residuals of prostate cancer, left jaw injury with retained metallic fragments
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2012
- Citation
- 1214059
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, prostate cancer, ischemic heart disease, right lower extremity peripheral artery disease, left lower extremity peripheral artery disease, and hypertension as the evidence did not establish an in-service event or exposure to herbicide agents.
- Granted
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