The Board has granted service connection for bursitis of the left elbow with a 10 percent initial rating. The veteran's claims for cardiovascular disability and sterility remain denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a current diagnosis of sterility, which is required to establish a well-grounded claim.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiovascular disability, sterility, bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0006484
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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