The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions, including low back pain and bilateral knee disability, were not incurred or aggravated by service. The evidence does not support a finding of direct service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the current disabilities to service, with the exception of myofascial pain in the low back which may be related to muscle spasms during active duty. Degenerative arthritis of the knees was noted during service but not linked to any specific injury or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back pain, Bilateral knee disability, Thyroid disease, Uterine fibroids, Tuberculosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2005
- Citation
- 0511170
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- Denied
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- Granted
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