The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current disability for which service connection can be granted. The claims are therefore denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent and credible evidence establishing any current disabilities for which service connection could be granted.
- Claimed conditions
- compartmental exhaustion syndrome of the bilateral ankles, corneal degeneration arcus senilis, retinoschisis, peripheral retinal degeneration, bacterial vaginosis, menometrorrhagia/metrorrhagia, tingling and numbness of the bilateral upper and lower extremities, fibromyalgia, sleep apnea, acquired psychiatric disorder (to include depression and anxiety), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), heart murmur, breast disability, generalized arthritis of the bilateral upper extremities, generalized arthritis of the bilateral lower extremities, obesity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2014
- Citation
- 1412097
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