The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for respiratory conditions as there is no competent evidence associating his current respiratory condition with his military service.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence linking the Veteran’s current respiratory condition to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory conditions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2018
- Citation
- 18120959
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