The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including hypertension, obesity, right hip disability, left hip disability, left foot disability, left knee disability, and left ankle disability. The effective date of a temporary total disability rating based on convalescence following VA hospitalization in November 1996 is also denied.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence did not support service connection for the disabilities listed, as they were determined to be unrelated to service-connected conditions or due to other causes.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, obesity, right hip disability, left hip disability, left foot disability, left knee disability, left ankle disability, low back disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2005
- Citation
- 0526844
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