The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's allergy disability, finding that there is no nexus between his in-service allergies and his current condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s current allergy disability is not caused by or related to the serious conditions (asthma and bronchopneumonia) he experienced during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Allergy disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19169746
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