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.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support the Veteran's claims for service connection, and his lay assertions are outweighed by the probative value of the examination reports which found no current residuals of the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of left rib fractures, headache disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2015
- Citation
- 1538522
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