The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions, including eye disorder, kidney disorder, stomach disorder, deformed fingers and toes, and degenerative joint and disc disease of the lumbosacral spine. The decisions were based on a finding that there was no medical evidence to support these claims.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the medical evidence did not show that any of the claimed conditions began during service or were linked to service-connected sarcoidosis, treatment for same, or some incident of service.
- Claimed conditions
- eye disorder, kidney disorder, stomach disorder, deformed fingers and toes, degenerative joint and disc disease of the lumbosacral spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0621245
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
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
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