The Veteran's claimed conditions are not found to be related to his active military service, and the Board finds that they do not meet the criteria for service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claimed conditions are either diagnosed as having a clear and specific etiology or partially explained by undiagnosed illnesses. The examiner could not relate any of these conditions to specific substance exposure events during his military service, nor can he establish a link between them and his already-service-connected condition (psychomotor epilepsy).
- Claimed conditions
- Psychomotor Epilepsy, Bilateral Pes Planus, Lumbar Degenerative Arthritis, Bilateral Shoulder Strain, Bilateral Wrist Sprain, and Bilateral Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome, Undiagnosed Illness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2020
- Citation
- 20022326
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