The Board has determined that the veteran does not have left thoracic outlet syndrome and that it was not incurred in or aggravated by active service. As a result, the claim for service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show the presence of left thoracic outlet syndrome during service and none of the post-service findings were attributed to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- left thoracic outlet syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0631525
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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