The Board has determined that the claims for service connection for status post diskectomy, back and residuals of right elbow fracture are not well-grounded. The appellant did not provide sufficient medical evidence to support his claims.
The deciding factor: The claim is denied because there is no competent medical evidence linking any current disabilities to service.
- Claimed conditions
- status post diskectomy, back, residuals of right elbow fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0015955
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