The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a chronic disability of the left leg or lower back that is etiologically related to his active service period.
The deciding factor: VA medical examination and private treatment records do not support a nexus between current disabilities and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Leg Disability, Lower Back Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2004
- Citation
- 0414714
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 292 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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