The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for osteoarthritis of the right elbow and increased ratings for his right knee disability and low back disability.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence etiologically linking the veteran's current osteoarthritis of the right elbow to his military service, leading to a denial of service connection. The other claims were also denied as there was insufficient evidence to support the requested increased ratings or initial rating in excess of 20 percent for the low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis of the right elbow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0639386
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