The Veteran's claimed conditions, including trigeminal neuralgia, cranial nerve pain, headaches, ruptured testicle, muscle fasciculations, chronic lymphoid hyperplasia, stomach disorder, and COPD, were not shown to be related to service or any incident therein. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a finding of service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claimed disabilities are not shown to have been incurred in or aggravated by his military service, including exposure to carbon tetrachloride during active duty and inactive duty training (ACDUTRA).
- Claimed conditions
- trigeminal neuralgia, cranial nerve pain, headaches, ruptured testicle, muscle fasciculations, chronic lymphoid hyperplasia, stomach disorder, COPD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2017
- Citation
- 1700177
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- Denied
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