The Board found no evidence of a left thigh burn injury during service and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no contemporaneous documentation of a left thigh burn injury in the veteran's service records, and medical examinations did not confirm any current left thigh disability related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- left thigh condition, residuals of burn injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 25, 2004
- Citation
- 0423529
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for left shoulder, left hip, left thigh, and left knee conditions and an increased rating for the back condition was dismissed due to a concurrent election of administrative review options.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for increased ratings and service connection due to missing treatment records and a need for additional medical opinions.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left thigh condition due to a lack of evidence showing a current disability.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the claimed conditions and set an effective date of December 31, 2019.
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