The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection were not well-grounded, and denied them.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a direct link between any of the claimed conditions and military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical degenerative disc disease, Lumbar degenerative disc disease, Right ankle arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2000
- Citation
- 0004599
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 40 percent rating for lumbar degenerative disc disease but denied an initial compensable rating for erectile dysfunction and service connection for generalized anxiety disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for various service-connected disabilities, including lumbar degenerative disc disease and radiculopathies, as well as tinnitus, due to inadequate VA examinations.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on unemployability, finding that her service-connected conditions do not prevent her from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for single episode major depressive disorder with anxious distress, somatic symptom disorder, and alcohol use disorder; right ankle arthritis; and bilateral plantar fasciitis and a right foot heel spur. The claims for recurrent hip disabilities, a rating in excess of 20 percent for left knee anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament repair residuals, and TDIU were remanded.
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