The Board has determined that the submitted evidence does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for service connection for fractured ribs, right clavicle fracture, residuals of right knee arthrotomy, and stomach ulcers.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence does not provide a sufficient basis to establish a nexus between the claimed conditions and active service.
- Claimed conditions
- fractured ribs, right clavicle fracture, residuals of right knee arthrotomy, stomach ulcers
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2005
- Citation
- 0518418
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