The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including right lower extremity disability, thoracic spine disability, lumbar spine disability, multiple joint or systemic arthritis or arthritic like conditions, cervical spine disability, upper extremities disability, allodynia, osteopenia and osteoporosis, autoimmune disease, connective tissue disease, left knee disability, respiratory disorder, gastrointestinal disability, glaucoma, meibomian cystic infection of the left upper eyelid, blepharitis and chalazion, and urinary tract infections.
The deciding factor: The Board found that none of the claimed conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active service, nor could they be presumed to have been so incurred. The veteran's claims for service connection were denied based on lack of evidence linking any current condition to service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity disability, thoracic spine disability, lumbar spine disability, multiple joint or systemic arthritis or arthritic like conditions, cervical spine disability, upper extremities disability, allodynia, osteopenia and osteoporosis, autoimmune disease, connective tissue disease, left knee disability, respiratory disorder, gastrointestinal disability, glaucoma, meibomian cystic infection of the left upper eyelid, blepharitis and chalazion, urinary tract infections
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2003
- Citation
- 0306547
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