The veteran's neck disability, degenerative arthritis of the neck, is not currently manifested and current neck pain has been present since a recent non-service-related car accident.,Allergic sinusitis with headaches and coughing up blood is not currently manifested.,Traumatic arthritis of the right ankle was incurred in active service. The veteran sustained an injury while on inactive duty for training in 1979.,The veteran's reactive airway disease with chronic bronchitis has been treated with daily oral inhalational bronchodilator therapy and is currently manifested by generally normal pulmonary function tests with the possibility of malingering.,Right great toe pain with gouty arthritis is manifested by frequent pain episodes, mid-level pain, a limp, use of a cane, and avoidance of walking up steps.
The deciding factor: The veteran's neck disability was not incurred in or aggravated during active service. Current neck pain has been present since a recent non-service-related car accident.,Allergic sinusitis with headaches and coughing up blood is not currently manifested.,Traumatic arthritis of the right ankle was incurred in active service as evidenced by an injury sustained while on inactive duty for training in 1979.,The veteran's reactive airway disease with chronic bronchitis has been treated with daily oral inhalational bronchodilator therapy and is currently manifested by generally normal pulmonary function tests with the possibility of malingering. The condition does not meet the criteria for service connection due to lack of objective signs or symptoms that are perceptible to an examining physician.,Right great toe pain with gouty arthritis is manifested by frequent pain episodes, mid-level pain, a limp, use of a cane, and avoidance of walking up steps.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis of the neck, allergic sinusitis with headaches and coughing up blood, traumatic arthritis of the right ankle, reactive airway disease with chronic bronchitis, right great toe pain with gouty arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2007
- Citation
- 0703201
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