The Veteran's claims for service connection for COPD, CAD, feet swelling, hand swelling, and neuropathy were denied. The Board found no causal relationship between these conditions and carbon tetrachloride exposure in service.,The Veteran’s eye disorder claim is remanded due to lack of VA examination records. The duty to assist was triggered by the evidence suggesting a correlation with carbon tetrachloride exposure.,The Veteran's dementia (memory lapses) claim is also remanded for an examination, as it may be related to carbon tetrachloride exposure.
The deciding factor: Service connection cannot be established because there is no evidence of a causal relationship between the claimed conditions and service. The Board found that the Veteran's claims were not supported by medical evidence.,The duty to assist requires obtaining VA examination records for the eye disorder claim, as they are necessary to determine if carbon tetrachloride exposure caused or aggravated these disabilities.,Similarly, an examination is needed for dementia (memory lapses) due to the Veteran's suggestion that it may be related to carbon tetrachloride exposure in service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), coronary artery disease (CAD), feet swelling, hand swelling, neuropathy, sciatic nerve, eye disorder, memory lapses (dementia)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19118605
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