The Board has determined that there is no current diagnosis of a chronic right palm, elbow, or knee condition. The veteran's service records do not support the claims for these conditions. However, the veteran was granted an initial noncompensable rating for lumbosacral strain.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient medical evidence to establish current diagnoses for the claimed conditions and no nexus between any in-service injuries and present disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Palm Pain, Right Elbow Injury, Right Knee Injury
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- March 13, 2000
- Citation
- 0006705
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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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