The Board found no evidence of a relationship between the Veteran's current hand, elbow, knee, ankle, and skin conditions with his service. The preponderance of the evidence showed that these disabilities were not incurred or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a direct link between the Veteran's service and any current disability, including arthritis which typically takes years to develop post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hand Disability, Left Elbow Disability, Bilateral Knee Disability, Degenerative Changes and Arthritis of the Right Ankle, Skin Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2009
- Citation
- 0941302
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