The Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including skin disorders, hearing loss, bladder disorders, heart conditions, kidney diseases, and extremity impairments have been denied. The Board found no evidence to support the Veteran's assertions of in-service exposure to toxic substances.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient evidence to establish a link between any claimed disability and service, including potential in-service exposures to toxic substances.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorder (claimed as chloracne), bilateral hearing loss, bladder disorder (apart from already service-connected urinary frequency associated with Parkinson’s disease), heart disorder, kidney disease, left shoulder disability (apart from already service-connected impairments of the extremities associated with Parkinson’s disease), right shoulder disability (apart from already service-connected impairments of the extremities associated with Parkinson’s disease), left elbow disability (apart from already service-connected impairments of the extremities associated with Parkinson’s disease), right elbow disability (apart from already service-connected impairments of the extremities associated with Parkinson’s disease), left wrist disability (apart from already service-connected impairments of the extremities associated with Parkinson’s disease), right wrist disability (apart from already service-connected impairments of the extremities associated with Parkinson’s disease), left knee disability (apart from already service-connected impairments of the extremities associated with Parkinson’s disease), right knee disability (apart from already service-connected impairments of the extremities associated with Parkinson’s disease), left ankle disability (apart from already service-connected impairments of the extremities associated with Parkinson’s disease), right ankle disability (apart from already service-connected impairments of the extremities associated with Parkinson’s disease), left leg varicose veins, right leg varicose veins
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19118809
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