The Board found that the veteran's left leg disability did not originate in service and is not otherwise causally related to his military service, thus denying his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: VA's duty to assist was met as VA attempted to reconstruct the record by requesting inpatient clinical records, records from the Office of the Surgeon General, and sick and morning reports. Despite these efforts, no records were available, leading to a denial of the veteran's claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Left leg injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2004
- Citation
- 0425633
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including PTSD and depression, were denied as there is no evidence of a current disability. The Board found that the Veteran did not suffer from any mental or psychiatric disabilities.
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