The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, finding that there is no evidence of in-service exposure to herbicides or other factors linking these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: Service connection cannot be granted as there is no credible evidence of herbicide exposure and the Veteran did not serve in Vietnam. The Board also found insufficient evidence to link any of the claimed disabilities to service.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, hypertension, loss of feeling of the right hand, loss of feeling of the left hand, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, glaucoma and cataracts, discoloration of the hands, bilateral onychomycosis, recurrent fatty tumors on the neck
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2022
- Citation
- 22029853
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