Denied
The Board has denied the appellant's service connection claims for left knee disorder, low back disability, gynecomastia, and liver disorder. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for any of these conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a link between the current diagnoses and service or service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"left knee disorder","status":"unspecified"}, {"condition_name":"low back disability","status":"not shown in service or within one year of discharge, and not linked to service"}, {"condition_name":"gynecomastia","status":"first shown in 2001 due to service-related injury or disease, but no evidence linking it to service"}, {"condition_name":"liver disorder","status":"not currently shown"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0610281
What this means for you
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