The Board found that the Veteran's claimed disabilities, including residuals of left elbow injury, left wrist injury, right knee and leg injury, rib fracture, and neck sprain, are not related to active service.
The deciding factor: VA examinations did not find a causal relationship between the Veteran's current disabilities and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of left elbow injury, residuals of left wrist injury, residuals of right knee and leg injury, residuals of rib fracture, residuals of neck sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2013
- Citation
- 1331803
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