The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disorder, shin splints, and a bilateral knee condition are not well grounded. The evidence does not support a finding of in-service incurrence or chronicity of these conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical records do not show any current disabilities related to the claimed conditions that can be linked to service.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disorder, shin splints, bilateral knee condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0014976
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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