The Board found that the Veteran does not have a valid diagnosis of an unspecified blood disorder and thus denied service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was most probative as it considered the Veteran's medical records and provided unequivocal conclusions regarding the absence of a diagnosed blood disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Unspecified blood disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2016
- Citation
- 1635644
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