The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for low back disability and bilateral foot frostbite due to new evidence submitted since the final denial of these claims.,However, the Board finds that service connection cannot be granted as there is no medical evidence showing a link between the Veteran's current conditions and his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service treatment records do not show any chronic back pain or foot frostbite during service. Post-service medical records are inconsistent in their reporting of injury dates, with some indicating an injury occurred in 2003 while others indicate it happened in 1977.
- Claimed conditions
- low_back_disability, bilateral_foot_frostbite
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2015
- Citation
- 1542518
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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for low back disability, migraine headaches, and erectile dysfunction due to a lack of evidence showing these conditions were incurred or aggravated by military service.
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