The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a back injury, bilateral foot disorder, and sinusitis. The claim for an initial compensable rating for hemorrhoids is addressed in the REMAND portion.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the July 1975 rating decision does not relate to unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the claims of service connection for residuals of a back injury, bilateral foot disorder, and sinusitis. The veteran's current symptoms do not establish that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"residuals of a back injury","type_of_connection":"direct"}, {"condition_name":"bilateral foot disorder","type_of_connection":"direct"}, {"condition_name":"sinusitis","type_of_connection":"presumptive"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0631499
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