The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings for various conditions, finding that there was no clear evidence of aggravation by service or other medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not support a finding that any of the claimed conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- hemorrhoids, hypertension, tear of the posterior horn of the left medial meniscus, tear of the posterior horn of the right medial meniscus, lumbosacral strain, peptic ulcer disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0630406
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