The Board denied service connection for a CV disorder, skin cancer, bilateral lower extremity edema, and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy. The Veteran was also denied entitlement to TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.,Service connection was not granted for the claimed conditions as there was no direct evidence linking them to service or any other service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a link between the claimed disorders and service, including through secondary service connection or presumptive exposure to herbicides. The Board found that the Veteran's lay statements were not competent to establish causation for these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- CV disorder, skin cancer, left leg edema, right leg edema, rheumatoid arthritis (RLE)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2020
- Citation
- A20018856
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