The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for lymphatic filariasis, finding that there is no current diagnosis of Hodgkin’s disease/lymphadenopathy, lymphatic filariasis, and/or eosinophilia.
The deciding factor: There was no established diagnosis of lymphatic filariasis from the formal evaluation, and the few small nodes found in his axilla, inguinal region, and cervical region along with the eosinophilia were attributed to a drug reaction to the rabies vaccine.
- Claimed conditions
- lymphatic filariasis, Hodgkin’s disease/lymphadenopathy, eosinophilia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20069662
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