The appellant's claims for service connection for various conditions, including loss of strength and motion of the shoulders, numbness in hands, foot drop, knee replacements, balance control problems, and glaucoma, are denied as there is no competent medical evidence indicating that these conditions were incurred during his military service or due to ionizing radiation exposure.
The deciding factor: The medical records do not provide sufficient evidence of a connection between the claimed conditions and the appellant's military service or ionizing radiation exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Loss of strength and motion of the left and right shoulder, Numbness in the left and right hand, Left and right foot drop, Left and right knee replacements, Balance control problem, Glaucoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0013296
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