The Board denied the veteran's service connection claims for various conditions, finding no current disabilities or objective evidence of chronicity.
The deciding factor: There is no current medical evidence showing that the veteran currently has any of the claimed conditions or their residuals. The medical records do not support a diagnosis of skin pigment loss or frostbite residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- blisters on the lips and mouth, upset stomach with acidic stomach, memory loss, loss of protective pigment in skin of face, neck, and arms causing sunburn in blotches, generalized weakness and fatigue in muscles and joints, shortness of breath, bilateral shoulder disability, bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, bilateral hip pain, bilateral knee disability, bilateral ankle disability, cramps in legs, back disability, chest pain and palpitations, headaches, neck pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0612057
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, arthritis, and memory loss. The decision found no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral shoulder disability and increased ratings for her bilateral knee disabilities, finding no evidence of in-service injury or disease related to these conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records and will provide a supplemental statement of the case if necessary.
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