The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a groin injury, finding no evidence of a current disability and no medical opinion linking any such condition to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent or probative evidence establishing a nexus between the claimed in-service groin injury and the diagnosed intermittent symptomatic left inguinal hernia.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a groin injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0621850
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- Denied
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