The veteran's claims for service connection and increased evaluations were denied. The Board found no evidence of in-service injury or disease that would support these claims.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient evidence to establish the presence of any claimed conditions during active service, or a direct link between service and current disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, bilateral pes planus, residuals of a left hand injury including a left wrist disability, right hand condition including a right wrist disability, lower back disability including low back pain and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar segment of the spine, onychomycosis of the toenails, right ankle fracture, left ankle fracture, right knee disability, left knee disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0632590
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