The Board finds that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a disability of the lower extremities (other than osteoarthritis of the knees) or a neck disorder, and thus cannot establish service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence in the claims file indicating that the Veteran has been diagnosed with disabilities of the lower extremities other than osteoarthritis of the knees, or a neck disorder. The July 2006 VA examination did not reveal any such disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral knee osteoarthritis, Split veins of lower extremities (to include bilateral split veins)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1004802
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