The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for back injury, left shoulder injury, and left rib injury. The veteran was also denied a higher rating for his right arm scar and left eye scar.
The deciding factor: Service connection was not established for the claimed conditions as they were determined to be unrelated to service or related to pre-existing conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- back injury, left shoulder injury, left rib injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 13, 2001
- Citation
- 0104428
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
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