The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including rib fracture residuals, right hand injury residuals, elevated liver enzymes and abnormal LFTs, and fever. The Board found that there was no current evidence of these disabilities and thus could not establish a link to service.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient medical evidence to support the veteran's claims for service connection for the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- rib fracture residuals, right hand injury residuals, elevated liver enzymes, abnormal LFTs, fever
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2008
- Citation
- 0807810
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a cholecystectomy, scars from gallbladder surgery as secondary to the cholecystectomy, and elevated liver enzymes because new and relevant evidence was not presented.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claims for residuals of a right rib fracture and dermatophytosis (claimed as eczema) have been granted. Claims for hyperlipidemia, elevated liver enzymes, posttraumatic stress disorder, alopecia totalis, iliotibial band syndrome of the left knee, cervical spine disability, voiding dysfunction, benign neoplasm of the skin, right ankle disability, right elbow disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, right shoulder disability, and left shoulder disability have been denied. The Veteran's claims for radiculopathy of the right lower extremity and left lower extremity secondary to service-connected spinal stenosis are remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for reopening service connection for high cholesterol and elevated liver enzymes, as well as determining a rating for atherosclerotic heart disease. Additional relevant medical treatment records have been associated with the claims file.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's petition to reopen a claim for service connection for a deviated septum post-septoplasty was denied as new and material evidence has not been received.,Service connection for traumatic brain injury is denied due to lack of current diagnosis or in-service incurrence/aggravation.,Service connection for elevated liver enzymes is denied as it is considered a laboratory finding, not a disability warranting VA compensation.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for allergies remains pending and will be remanded for further development considering Gulf War toxic exposures.
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