The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including vision disability, sleep disability, neuropathy of the lower extremities, and tingling of the left hand. The reasons given were that there was no evidence of a current disability or a disease/injury in service that could be linked to these conditions.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims for service connection were denied as there is no evidence of a current disability or a disease/injury in service that could be linked to the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Vision Disability (Presbyopia/Hyperopia), Non-visually significant Cataracts, Sleep Disability, Neuropathy of the Lower Extremities, Tingling of the Left (Non-dominant) Hand, Scars of the Left Buttock, Scars of the Left Hand
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0639254
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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