The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied across the board due to lack of evidence supporting his assertions or current diagnoses.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not provide sufficient evidence to establish a current disability in any claimed conditions and there was no clear link between his service-connected sarcoidosis and the claimed disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- pes planus, right ear hearing loss, cervical strain with degenerative disc disease, arthritis (claimed as chronic joint condition), chronic bronchitis (claimed as due to asbestos exposure and secondary to sarcoidosis), tuberculosis exposure, bilateral shoulder condition with bursitis and arthritis, bilateral eye condition (left eye cataract/iritis), bilateral hip condition with arthritis, migraine headaches, tendonitis, bilateral of the hands and wrists, depression
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2018
- Citation
- 1821090
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