The Board found that the Veteran's rhinorrhea did not manifest during service and is not otherwise due to his active service, including exposure to herbicides. As such, the claim for service connection was denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the current diagnosis of rhinorrhea to the Veteran's military service or presumed in-service herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- rhinorrhea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2013
- Citation
- 1331938
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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