The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for pulmonary tuberculosis, right ulnar nerve injury, left eye nevus, and left ankle injury. The effective date was not established as requested.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the criteria for direct service connection due to lack of medical evidence linking these conditions to service or pre-existing conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary tuberculosis, right ulnar nerve injury, left eye nevus, left ankle injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0000178
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What this means for you
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that his service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis was at least as likely as not a contributory cause of his death.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for a left wrist fracture, left ankle injury, and right-hand little finger fracture.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a left ankle injury and remanded claims for an initial compensable disability rating for right ankle fibula fracture and an increased disability rating for the right fibula fracture associated with degenerative arthritis affecting the right knee.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date than January 28, 2014 for service connection for pulmonary tuberculosis.
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