The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating have been denied as there is no competent medical evidence showing a nexus between any current disabilities and his active duty.
The deciding factor: No medical opinion or other medical evidence relating the Veteran's current conditions to service has been presented.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a lumbar spine injury with ankylosis, Residuals of burns to the upper legs and thighs, Residuals of a cold weather injury, Arthritis of the hips, knees, and left hand, Residuals of a fracture of the right second metacarpal with traumatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2009
- Citation
- 0927099
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a cold weather injury and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to lack of evidence supporting current diagnoses or continuity of symptoms.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded for further development, including verification of the Veteran's claimed stressors and exposure to cold weather, as well as a current examination for his hearing loss.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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