The Board found no evidence of the claimed conditions during or within one year after service, and thus denied all claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking any of the veteran's claimed disabilities to his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- malaria, rheumatic arthritis, condition manifested by severe cold and fever, condition manifested by diarrhea, respiratory disease, arthritis, fusion of the 6th and 7th vertebrae, lordosis of the cervical spine, osteopenia, hypertension, tracheo-bronchitis, influenza, respiratory type, acute gastroenteritis, PTB, disc disease of the cervical and lumbar spine, osteoarthritis, shoulders and knees
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0602385
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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