The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee, left hip and low back disability as secondary to his service-connected left knee disability; PTSD; and residuals of frostbite to hands, face and feet due to lack of evidence supporting these claims.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the medical evidence does not show that the veteran has any of the claimed disabilities related to his service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disability, left hip disability, low back disability, PTSD, residuals of frostbite to hands, face and feet
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2009
- Citation
- 0901525
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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