The Board has granted service connection for various conditions, including knee and shin injuries, hand scars, and a hernia. The veteran's low back, right hand, chest/ribs, skin disorder (tinea versicolor), and eye disability claims are also addressed.
The deciding factor: Service records show multiple injuries during active duty which led to current disabilities such as knee chondromalacia patella, shin splints, left hand scars from a puncture injury, right leg scars from nevi excision, and inguinal hernia. The Board found these conditions are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee chondromalacia patella, bilateral shin splints, left hand scar (residual of left hand puncture injury), two scars at the right leg (residuals of right leg nevi excision)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- February 8, 2000
- Citation
- 0003137
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for bilateral shin splints was dismissed as the March 2025 VA Form 10182 constituted an impermissible concurrent election with respect to the issue and no waiver of the prohibition on concurrent election was made.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection on multiple conditions have been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the appeal.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the claims for service connection for a skin condition, traumatic brain injury, a respiratory disability, bilateral shin splints, and bilateral flatfoot.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral shin splints and generalized anxiety disorder due to procedural errors in the February 2024 rating decision. The Veteran is advised of his right to a hearing on a supplemental claim.
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