The Board has denied the veteran's claims for respiratory disorder, heart disability, bilateral knee spurring, bilateral foot spurs, lumbosacral strain, and bilateral shoulder degenerative changes as service connection is not established.,However, the Board has granted service connection for bilateral knee spurring, bilateral foot spurs, lumbosacral strain, and bilateral shoulder degenerative changes.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a current chronic respiratory disorder. The veteran's heart disability is not related to his military service.,Competent medical evidence links the veteran's current disabilities of the knees, feet, back, and shoulders to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Respiratory Disorder, Bilateral Knee Spurring, Bilateral Foot Spurs, Lumbosacral Strain, Bilateral Shoulder Degenerative Changes, Heart Disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2005
- Citation
- 0527344
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