The Board found no evidence of current disabilities associated with the veteran's claimed scars and denied all service connection claims.
The deciding factor: Competent medical evidence did not support findings of current disabilities or chronic conditions related to the veteran's claimed scars.
- Claimed conditions
- Scars of the legs, Scar of the left shoulder (now claimed as upper bicep/deltoid region), Scars of the right wrist, Scars of the right hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2008
- Citation
- 0838092
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- Denied
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- Denied
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