The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for left upper extremity and lower extremity disorders, as well as a neurologic disorder due to exposure to chemical and biological agents. The evidence did not establish current disability or link these conditions to service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing current disabilities or linking them to service.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity disorder, left lower extremity disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 3, 2007
- Citation
- 0724093
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