The Board found no evidence of herbicide exposure in service, and thus could not grant service connection for the Veteran's intestinal, liver, kidney, and blood disorder. The claim for loss of teeth at the gum level was denied as it is not related to a service-connected disability. The bilateral leg disability claim was also denied due to lack of evidence.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not have exposure to herbicides in service, which precludes granting service connection under the presumption of Agent Orange exposure. There was no other evidence linking his current conditions to service.
- Claimed conditions
- intestinal, liver, kidney, and blood disorder (also claimed as abdominal pains), loss of teeth at the gum level, bilateral leg disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2018
- Citation
- 1821557
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