The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, finding no evidence of a causal link to his active service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not provide a reasonable possibility that any of the veteran's claimed conditions were related to his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disorder, status post-operative, Right knee disorder, status post-operative, Left knee disorder, Peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity, Peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2009
- Citation
- 0900899
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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