The Board has determined that the veteran does not currently have a hand, low back, left ankle, left shoulder, neck, or bilateral hip disorder and therefore service connection for these conditions is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no current evidence of any diagnosed disability in relation to the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- hand tremors, low back pain, left ankle pain, left shoulder pain, neck pain, bilateral hip pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 4, 2003
- Citation
- 0318772
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What this means for you
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