The Board found that the Veteran does not have any current diagnoses of the claimed conditions and there is no evidence linking these conditions to his active duty service. Therefore, the claims for service connection are denied.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient medical evidence to establish a link between the Veteran's current diagnosed conditions and his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right foot disorder, Left foot disorder, Low back disorder, Left hip disorder, Right hip disorder, Shin splints, Sleep disorder, Left ankle disorder, Right knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1025789
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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