The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a right lower extremity disorder as secondary to his service-connected left foot disorder and for a sinus condition. The evidence does not support these claims.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of a sinus condition, and there is insufficient evidence linking any diagnosed right lower extremity disorder to the veteran's service-connected left foot disorder or other service events.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity disorder, sinus condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2004
- Citation
- 0407607
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for left knee, right knee, tooth, deviated septum, and sinus conditions to correct predecisional duty-to-assist errors.
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