The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a blood disability, finding no evidence of a current condition and noting that there is no in-service disease or injury to which the claimed condition could be related.
The deciding factor: There was no probative medical evidence establishing a relationship between the Veteran’s active service and his claimed blood disability.
- Claimed conditions
- blood disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19166114
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Granted
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