The veteran's service connection claim for non-scar residuals of a right thigh infection and his increased rating claim for the scar of the right thigh were both denied by the Board.
The deciding factor: Service connection was not established as there is no medical evidence linking current neurological symptoms to military service. The VA examiner concluded that the current neuropathy is not related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- non-scar residuals of a right thigh infection, scar of the right thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0622442
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Decisions by this judge: 1,325 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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