The Board finds that the veteran's claimed disabilities are not service-connected due to lack of causation and no proximate cause attributable to VA care, treatment or examination. The claim is therefore denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that Atorvastatin was a contributing factor in causing the veteran's lower extremity weakness, buttock pain, lung disability (COPD), and other side effects but not the proximate cause of these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- rhabdomyolysis, heart problems, lower extremity weakness, buttock pain, lung disability (COPD), other side effects
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0611301
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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