The Board has denied service connection for bladder, cystic lesions of the back, throat and cheek lesions, and thyroid conditions as there is no evidence linking these conditions to service or herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the Veteran's current disabilities to his in-service service or herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder condition, Cystic lesions of the back, Lesions of the throat and cheek, Thyroid condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2018
- Citation
- 18156627
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric condition is related to active service and the claim for this condition is granted. The bladder condition claim is remanded as a VA examination is needed.
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