The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed skin disorder, left knee disorder, left ankle disorder, right ankle disorder, cervical disorder, low back disorder, head disorder, and right hand disorder were not incurred or aggravated by active service. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for any of these conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical records do not show any in-service injury or illness that would be related to the Veteran's current diagnoses. Additionally, there is no credible evidence showing that any of the claimed disorders were incurred during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Skin Disorder, Left Knee Arthritis, Left Ankle Arthritis, Right Ankle Arthritis, Cervical Arthritis, Low Back Arthritis, Head Disorder, Right Hand Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 28, 2009
- Citation
- 0928040
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