The Board denied the Veteran's claims for various conditions, including right leg injury residuals, left scrotal mass, arthritis and bursitis of hands and shoulders, left thumb condition, cervical spine degenerative changes, left ankle disorder, right leg fracture residuals/pain, mumps residuals, hypertension, coronary artery disease, erectile dysfunction, and insomnia. The claims were denied as the evidence did not support service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no direct or presumptive service connection for most of the Veteran's claimed conditions based on the lack of evidence linking them to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- injury residuals of the right leg, left scrotal mass (claimed as pain and edema of the left testicle), arthritis, bursitis, and/or rheumatism of the right hand, arthritis, bursitis, and/or rheumatism of the left hand, arthritis, bursitis, and/or rheumatism of the right shoulder (including tendonitis of the rotator cuff and impingement syndrome), left thumb trauma residuals, cervical spine condition, arthritis, bursitis, and/or rheumatism of the left ankle (including residuals of tendonitis and sprain), right leg fracture residuals/pain, residuals of mumps, hypertension, coronary artery disease, including a myocardial infarction, status-post coronary bypass graft surgery, erectile dysfunction, insomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2012
- Citation
- 1226193
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