The Veteran's claimed conditions were not incurred or aggravated by service, and the Board denied all claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records do not support a finding of chronic disease or continuity of symptomatology related to any of the claimed disabilities. The Veteran's assertions regarding herbicide exposure are not supported by credible evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy in the upper extremities, Peripheral neuropathy in the lower extremities, Foot disability manifested by recurrent infections, to include osteomyelitis, Hair loss, to include male pattern baldness and alopecia, Disability of the kidneys, to include cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2013
- Citation
- 1318494
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