The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for strokes, finding insufficient evidence to establish a nexus between his current stroke condition and active service. The decision also noted that there was no exposure to herbicide agents or ionizing radiation during service.
The deciding factor: There is not sufficient evidence to show a nexus between the Veteran’s current stroke condition and his active service on either a presumptive or direct basis.
- Claimed conditions
- strokes
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2019
- Citation
- A19002659
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Decisions by this judge: 1,863 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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- Whole decision: Denied
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