The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for cervical spine disability, tinea pedis, and testicular disorder. The claims for skin disorder, low back disability, right shoulder disability, and ear wax build-up have been reopened but not granted.
The deciding factor: No current medical evidence of chronic disabilities was found in the record to support these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine disability, tinea pedis, skin disorder, testicular disorder, low back disability, right shoulder disability, disability manifested by ear wax build-up
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0621213
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, including right shoulder arthritis, left shoulder arthritis, right hip condition, left hip condition, low back disability, and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, as there was no evidence of in-service injury or illness related to these conditions.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a bilateral knee disability, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, and chronic pain syndrome due to untimely notices of disagreement.
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