The Board found no current disabilities for the low back, right knee, or right ankle. The hearing loss was within normal limits. Service connection is denied as there is no evidence of a diagnosed disability in service and no medical nexus to service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence of current disabilities for the claimed conditions, and the preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that any current disability is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disability, Right knee disability, Right ankle disability, Bilateral hearing loss, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0629866
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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