The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral knee disability, multiple allergies, and hearing loss disabilities. The appeals were not perfected due to lack of a timely substantive appeal.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not provide sufficient evidence to perfect his appeal on these issues.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a fractured right foot, bilateral knee disability, multiple allergies (including penicillin), hearing loss disability in the left ear, GERD, fractured right clavicle, hearing loss disability in the right ear, urticaria and atopic dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2003
- Citation
- 0310695
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What this means for you
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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 service connection claim for a bilateral knee disability to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, including scheduling an additional VA examination.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a bilateral knee disability, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, and chronic pain syndrome due to untimely notices of disagreement.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including a head injury, headache disorder, erectile dysfunction, left earache disorder, chronic fatigue, right shoulder disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, right foot disorder, GERD, and left shoulder disorder, as the evidence did not support current diagnoses of these conditions.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeal of all claims currently pending before the Board, including those for an earlier effective date for hypothyroidism and higher ratings for various conditions.
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