The Board found no evidence of a current disability and denied the veteran's claim for service connection for chest injury residuals.
The deciding factor: There was no proof of a present disability, as the medical evidence on file made no mention of symptoms or diagnoses related to a chest-related disability after the acute episode in service.
- Claimed conditions
- chest injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0640206
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
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