The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection were not well-grounded and have been denied.
The deciding factor: The claims were found to be not well grounded, as no evidence was provided to support the veteran's assertions of service connection for various conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- major depression, sore right foot, calcaneal spurs, degenerative joint disease of the pelvis, degenerative joint disease of the knees, degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine, residuals of a right ring finger injury, fatigue syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0032759
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for major depression, personality disorder, and severe anxiety due to an inadequate VA examination and opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for tonic-clonic seizures or grand mal epilepsy, left and right carpal tunnel syndrome, back/spinal cord injury, and major depression due to pre-decisional errors in the duty to assist.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for pes planus, plantar fasciitis, gout, and calcaneal spurs as secondary to a service-connected disability due to an inadequate VA examination.
- Partly granted
The Board granted the Veteran's request to readjudicate his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as major depression and schizophrenia, due to new evidence being submitted after the prior final denial.
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