The Board found no residuals of a concussion and denied service connection for a right leg disability separate from the already service-connected conditions. The veteran's right leg symptoms are attributed to his lumbar spine arthritis, which is not related to service.
The deciding factor: Service records do not show any chronic right leg disability other than the already service-connected residuals of right hip injury and scar of the lower lateral right thigh. Right leg symptoms are attributed to a nonservice-connected low back condition.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Residuals of Concussion","status":"Not Established"}, {"condition_name":"Right Leg Disability (separate and apart from the already service-connected residuals of right hip injury and the service-connected scar of the lower lateral right thigh)","status":"Not Established"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0638543
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What this means for you
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