The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a right shoulder condition, acquired psychiatric disorders, bilateral bone spurs in heels, arthritis, and elbow/knee/neck conditions. The decision is based on the absence of evidence showing these conditions were incurred or aggravated by military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that any of the claimed conditions are related to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder condition, acquired psychiatric disorders, bilateral bone spurs in heels, arthritis, right elbow condition, left elbow condition, right knee condition, neck condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2007
- Citation
- 0705658
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