The Board found that the veteran does not have current disability from a left elbow disorder and denied his claim for service connection. The Board also found no evidence of undiagnosed illness resulting from Gulf War service, thus denying his claim for multiple arthralgias.
The deciding factor: The VA medical records did not show any chronic disability related to the veteran's claimed conditions during or within a presumptive period following his active military service in the Southwest Asia Theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow tendonitis, multiple arthralgias
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 5, 2002
- Citation
- 0207326
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for the left shoulder condition and lumbar spine condition, but denied a compensable rating for the right ring finger fracture residuals and service connection for bilateral hearing loss, left elbow tendonitis, and right shoulder condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection due to insufficient evidence of compensable limitation of motion or a disability diagnosis.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeals for service connection for left and right elbow tendonitis were dismissed because the veteran withdrew the appeals before a decision was made.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal as untimely, finding that the notice of disagreement was submitted more than one year after the May 2019 rating decision.
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