The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for a skin condition, malignant skin tumor, hypertension, high cholesterol, sleep disorder, rib cage injury with breathing difficulty, chronic low back pain, tinnitus, and coronary artery disease. The decision also noted that the Veteran did not meet the percentage thresholds for consideration of a total disability evaluation under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a).
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support service connection for any of the claimed conditions due to lack of in-service occurrence or continuity, and because none of the diseases are presumptively associated with herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- skin condition of the chest, back, and face, malignant skin tumor
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2015
- Citation
- 1507885
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