The Board denied service connection for a passive-aggressive personality disorder and bilateral leg disorders, including shoulder and arm disorders as well as headaches. The veteran's claims are pending due to the need for additional medical opinions and records.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish current disabilities or a link between military service and claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral leg disorders (including bilateral shoulder and arm disorders, and headaches), Passive-aggressive personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2004
- Citation
- 0408400
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