The Board has determined that the veteran does not have any of the claimed conditions as a result of his service. The claims for right knee, ankle, sinus headaches, low back, undiagnosed chronic fatigue syndrome, bilateral elbow pain, bilateral shoulder pain, bilateral wrist pain, and bilateral hand pain are all denied.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service medical records do not show any treatment or diagnosis related to the claimed conditions. The post-service medical evidence does not establish a nexus between these conditions and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee condition, ankle condition, sinus headaches, low back condition, undiagnosed illness manifested by chronic fatigue, undiagnosed illness manifested by bilateral elbow pain, undiagnosed illness manifested by bilateral shoulder pain, undiagnosed illness manifested by bilateral wrist pain, undiagnosed illness manifested by bilateral hand pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0637744
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 386 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection of his low back condition, finding that it is related to his military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a neck condition and a low back condition, finding that the Veteran's current diagnoses are related to his military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right knee disability is service-connected as it resulted from an injury sustained during active service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate development of evidence, specifically failing to provide a VA examination or medical opinion regarding his claimed bilateral ankle, knee, low back, and left shoulder conditions. The claims are being returned to the AOJ for further action.
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