The Board has denied service connection for pruritis of the palm of the right hand and a bilateral knee disability. Service connection was not established as there is no evidence of such conditions during active duty or within one year after discharge.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current diagnoses to his military service, including an in-service injury from a parachute accident which allegedly caused his knee disabilities and right shoulder joint condition.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"pruritis of the palm of the right hand"}, {"condition_name":"bilateral knee disability","details":{"specific_knee_joints":["right","left"]}}, {"condition_name":"residuals of a low back injury, to include degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine"}, {"condition_name":"residuals of a neck injury, to include degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine","status":"not addressed in this decision"}, {"condition_name":"residuals of a right shoulder injury, to include degenerative arthritis, synovial cyst, and synovitis of the right shoulder joint"}, {"condition_name":"residuals of head trauma, to include migraine headaches","status":"not addressed in this decision"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0617598
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What this means for you
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