The Board found that the veteran's poliomyelitis was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show any aggravation of pre-existing poliomyelitis during service, and no new disability due to service was established.
- Claimed conditions
- poliomyelitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0635156
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