The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's current diagnoses to his military service and denied all three claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical opinion linking the veteran's current diagnoses with any incident or event in service, including a vehicle accident in 1958.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a cervical spine injury, Residuals of a low back injury, Residuals of an injury of the shoulders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0602042
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Decisions by this judge: 1,643 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional evidence is needed to fully and fairly consider the Veteran's claims, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling him for examinations.
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