The Board has denied the appellant's claims for increased ratings and service connection for various conditions, including osteoarthritis of the lumbosacral spine with radiculopathy, depression, hepatitis B, appendectomy scar, skin rash, hemorrhoids, right wrist keloid, epididymitis, chronic prostatitis, impotency, colon disorder, anemia, and sinusitis. The claims are denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not demonstrate more than moderate limitation of motion in the appellant's lumbar spine at any time since service connection was granted for osteoarthritis of the lumbosacral spine.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis of the lumbosacral spine with radiculopathy, depression with an anxiety, chronic fatigue, sleep disturbance, speech disorder, and neuropsychiatric condition, residuals of hepatitis B with liver disorder and neutropenia, right shoulder keloid, appendectomy scar, skin rash, hemorrhoids, right wrist scar due to removal of a cyst, epididymitis, chronic prostatitis, impotency, colon disorder, anemia, sinusitis, dental disorder, including temporomandibular joint syndrome, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2001
- Citation
- 0124941
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