The Board found no evidence of current eye, right foot, or right shoulder disorders and denied service connection for all three issues.
The deciding factor: There is no objective medical evidence of a current disability in any of the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Eye Disorder (manifested by watering and spots), Right Foot Disorder (manifested by itching and papular outbreaks), Right Shoulder Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2004
- Citation
- 0413216
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What this means for you
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