The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's current left elbow disorder to his military service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence showing a link between the veteran's active duty service and his current left elbow condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2004
- Citation
- 0429692
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