The Board found that there is no competent evidence of current chronic conditions for the claimed disabilities and denied service connection for all issues.
The deciding factor: There was insufficient medical evidence to establish a nexus between the veteran's periods of active duty service and his current diagnosed conditions, or to show continuity of symptomatology since service.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot condition, bilateral ankle condition, upper right abdominal pain (costochondritis), bilateral knee condition, low back pain, enlarged prostate, skin disorder of the face (seborrheic dermatitis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0633297
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right foot, left elbow, left hip, left ankle, and diabetes mellitus to obtain additional medical evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including left foot condition, right foot condition, cellulitis, right ear hearing loss, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. The appeal of the proposal to reduce a 40 percent evaluation for lumbosacral strain was dismissed.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an enlarged prostate, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's condition and his active military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's request for higher-level review of the November 2014 rating decision was denied as untimely.
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