The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, finding that none of them were incurred or aggravated by his military service.
The deciding factor: None of the claimed disabilities are shown to have been present in service or to be related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- memory impairment, degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, temporomandibular joint syndrome, chronic headaches, ataxia, claimed as gait ataxia, cervical spine arthritis (claimed), hydrocephalus, left hand carpal tunnel syndrome, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0629060
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left and right hip strain, left and right ankle pain, and bilateral plantar fasciitis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disability. The claims for allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, chronic headaches, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and post traumatic residual pain and cramping of the left lower leg were remanded.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, prostate cancer, and peripheral neuropathy of the left and right lower extremities due to new and relevant evidence having been received.
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