The Board has denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, shivers, memory loss, prostate disability (benign prostatic hypertrophy), chronic rhinorrhea, high blood pressure, and glaucoma with vision loss.,Service connection is granted for arthritis of the left knee.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish a link between any of the claimed conditions and service. Service connection was denied as there is no competent medical evidence linking these conditions to service.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"diabetes mellitus","status":"not present in service and not etiologically related"}, {"condition_name":"shivers","status":"not present in service and not etiologically related"}, {"condition_name":"memory loss","status":"not present in service and not etiologically related"}, {"condition_name":"prostate disability (benign prostatic hypertrophy)","status":"not present in service and not etiologically related"}, {"condition_name":"chronic rhinorrhea","status":"not present in service and not etiologically related"}, {"condition_name":"high blood pressure","status":"not present within one year of discharge from service and not etiologically related"}, {"condition_name":"glaucoma with vision loss","status":"not present in service and not etiologically related"}, {"condition_name":"arthritis of the left knee","status":"etiology not established (requires further examination)"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0615411
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What this means for you
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