The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for left elbow pain and an increased evaluation for a lumbar spine contusion, finding that new evidence did not raise a reasonable probability of substantiating the claim for left elbow pain. The lumbar spine disability was rated at 10 percent since June 1994.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim for service connection for left elbow pain and did not raise a reasonable probability of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow pain, lumbar spine contusion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0629847
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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