The Board found no current disabilities related to the claimed conditions and denied service connection for all issues.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence of current chronic diseases or injuries resulting from the inservice incidents.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow fracture, liver cyst, right fifth digit sprain, colonoscopy (rectal bleeding), left wrist swelling
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2004
- Citation
- 0409910
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,710 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0409910.
What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's plantar fasciitis is rated at 30 percent effective July 24, 2024. The Veteran's residuals of a left elbow fracture are not entitled to an increased disability rating.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for left elbow limitation of extension and painful supination due to a duty to assist error in prior examinations.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a back disability and neck disability was dismissed as moot, with full benefits granted. Other claims were remanded for further review.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a left ankle disorder and separate ratings for asthma and obstructive sleep apnea, but granted service connection for a liver cyst.
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