The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied as the conditions did not have onset in active service or are otherwise unrelated to service.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that any of the claimed conditions had their onset during service, and none can be attributed to a known clinical diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- coin lesion pulmonary, pulmonary embolism and infarction, muscle joint pain, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), obesity, tobacco use, sprained right ankle, heel spur, flat foot, plantar fasciitis, heel arthralgia, nephrolithiasis, pancreatitis, superficial injury of the elbow, forearm and wrist, cocaine dependence, long term use of anticoagulants, diabetes mellitus, hemoglobin, fractionation, and quantitation electrophoresis, deep vein thrombosis and acute venous embolism and thrombosis of bilateral lower extremity deep veins, sciatica, myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2017
- Citation
- 1701810
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