The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for residuals of a fracture of the right tibia and fibula, service connection for a low back disability secondary to his service-connected right leg disability, and service connection for memory loss. The Board found that the veteran did not have a low back disability attributable to service or arthritis of the low back that may be presumed due to service. The Board also determined that the veteran's memory loss was not related to service.
The deciding factor: The Board concluded that the veteran's low back disability and memory loss were not directly related to his service, and any relationship to his service-connected right leg disability was speculative.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a fracture of the right tibia and fibula, low back disability, memory loss
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2007
- Citation
- 0735807
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