The Board has determined that there is no evidence to support the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of left Achilles injury and residuals of lumbar spine injury, as the preponderance of the evidence shows no relationship between these disabilities and his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no medical evidence showing a relationship between the Veteran's current disabilities and his service, including an extensive review of his claims file and physical examination findings.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of left Achilles injury, residuals of lumbar spine injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2009
- Citation
- 0938072
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right knee, right shoulder, cervical spine (post-C2-6 fusion), and lumbar spine DJD as the evidence did not support a causal relationship to service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of lumbar spine injury and right foot injury, finding that the Veteran's current disabilities did not originate during his active duty training.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's current lumbar spine disability is related to his active service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a lumbar spine disability, fatigue, sleep disturbances, skin problems, and headaches. The Veteran's current lumbar spine disability is not considered to be related to his military service.
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