The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of left rib fractures, finding no evidence to support a current disability resulting from in-service injuries. The appeal was not about service connection at all.
The deciding factor: There is no lay or clinical evidence showing chronic residuals or disability due to left rib fractures incurred during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of left rib fractures
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2012
- Citation
- 1244402
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for left rib fractures and headaches were denied. The Board found no current residuals of the claimed conditions, and that the Veteran does not have a chronic disability manifested by joint and muscle pain, memory loss, fatigue, twitching hands and feet, and sleep disturbances. Service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317 was also denied as there is no evidence of an undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained multisymptom illness.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for scheduling a Travel Board hearing. The case will be returned to the Board after the hearing.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals of left rib fractures and scars on the back and torso. The Veteran's TBI with cognitive deficits is rated at 70 percent, effective prior to January 27, 2009. The rating for bilateral pes cavus, DJD of great toes, Morton's neuroma, and hallux rigidus post surgical remains unchanged.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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