The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current disability related to asbestosis and therefore, service connection for this condition is denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a diagnosis of asbestosis in the Veteran's case.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory disorder (asbestosis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2014
- Citation
- 1414612
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the case to obtain additional development and determine whether new evidence has been presented to reopen a previously denied claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, as well as other issues related to exposure to Agent Orange and other conditions.
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