The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran's left leg cramps and burn scar are not related to his military service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a link between the veteran's current left leg condition and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg cramps, burn scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0616489
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a neck disability, back disability, hand/finger disability, broken left leg, left leg cramps, left leg nerve disability, left knee disability, bilateral hearing loss disability, psychiatric disability, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypertension, to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for right and left leg cramps, hemorrhoids, and erectile disorder, as the evidence did not support a higher rating than the currently assigned noncompensable or 10 percent ratings.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral athlete's foot, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain syndrome, left arm numbness, left leg cramps, right leg cramps, and a urinary tract disorder as the evidence did not support a finding of current disability or a relationship to service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
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