The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions have been denied as there is no evidence to support the presence of these conditions during his active military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking any of the claimed conditions to service, and all are laboratory findings or diagnoses without associated symptoms or clinical manifestations.
- Claimed conditions
- high cholesterol, sinusitis/hay fever, chest pain, stress fracture of the shins, finger and toe numbness, pseudofolliculitis barbae, gout, residuals of a hamstring strain, cardiovascular disease (heart murmurs), headaches (undiagnosed illness), right shoulder disorder, genitourinary disorder manifested by microscopic hematuria, arthritis of the lumbar spine, right olecranon spur, left olecranon spur, left heel spur, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, right heel spur, Sweet's syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2004
- Citation
- 0404391
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for rhinorrhea and denied initial compensable evaluations for headaches and left knee disability, while remanding the claim for a respiratory disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae as the Veteran's condition did not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation.
- Granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, right knee instability, and separate 40 percent rating for right knee limitation of extension prior to July 27, 2019.
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