The Veteran's claim for service connection for tuberculosis was denied as there is no evidence of active tuberculosis during or following military service.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of active tuberculosis in the record, and the Veteran has not presented medical evidence indicating he has such a disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Tuberculosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2015
- Citation
- 1511240
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
New evidence has been received to reopen the claim of service connection for tuberculosis, and it is granted. However, there is no current diagnosis of tuberculosis.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and tuberculosis, granted service connection for right ear hearing loss, and granted an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for pulmonary fibrosis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied the claims for an earlier effective date, a higher disability rating for PTSD, and entitlement to specially adapted housing or special home adaptation. The claim of service connection for tuberculosis was remanded.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for tuberculosis and a rating in excess of 10 percent for GERD have been denied. The Board found no current diagnosis of tuberculosis, and the Veteran's symptoms do not meet the criteria for a higher disability rating for GERD.
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