The Board has determined that the claim for service connection for residuals of an occipital laceration is not well grounded and therefore denied. The other claims on appeal are addressed in the remand at the end of this action.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of an occipital laceration was found to be not plausible due to a lack of competent evidence of a current disability related to the service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of an occipital laceration, bilateral knee disability, shin splints, right ankle sprain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 13, 2000
- Citation
- 0009899
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for special monthly compensation based on loss of use of his left foot, as there was no evidence showing that the service-connected conditions resulted in functional limitation equal to that of amputation of the left foot with prosthesis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for a bilateral knee disability to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, including scheduling an additional VA examination.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the service-connected right ankle sprain, but denied an increased rating in excess of 20 percent.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a bilateral knee disability, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, and chronic pain syndrome due to untimely notices of disagreement.
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