The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for a mild concussion and bruised ribs are not well grounded, as there is no evidence showing these conditions were incurred during active duty.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not provide sufficient medical evidence to support his claims of having had these conditions in service or linking them to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- mild concussion, bruised ribs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0024477
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for bruised ribs and remanded the issue of entitlement to an initial compensable evaluation for chronic cough (claimed as respiratory condition).
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder (anxiety and depression) is granted service connection. Residuals of a concussion and bilateral pes planus are denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's service connection claim for a punctured lung, finding that there was no evidence to support his claim and concluding that his shortness of breath did not have its onset in service or is otherwise related to some aspect of active duty service.
- Whole decision: Denied
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