The Board denied the appellant's claim for benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1805 or 38 U.S.C.A. § 1815, finding that she does not meet the eligibility requirements due to her father's service in Korea and lack of qualifying exposure to herbicides.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not have qualifying service in Korea for benefits under Chapter 18, nor was there evidence of exposure to Agent Orange or other chemical agents during her father's military service.
- Claimed conditions
- spina bifida, fatty liver disease, autonomic dysfunction, GERD, chronic pain, type II diabetes mellitus, Stiffman syndrome, mercury poisoning, coronary vasospasm, Harlequin syndrome, high blood pressure, arthritis, vestibulitis, right hypertrophia, right superior oblique palsy of the eye
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2017
- Citation
- 1748433
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