The Veteran's muscle condition, low back disability, right knee disability, and index finger disability are not service connected. The Board found no evidence to support the Veteran's claims for increased ratings.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not show a link between the Veteran's disabilities and his military service or exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- Muscle Condition, Degenerative Changes of the Lumbosacral Spine (Low Back Disability), Degenerative Changes of the Right Knee (Right Knee Disability), Residuals of a Fracture of the Left Index Finger (Index Finger Disability)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2016
- Citation
- 1610629
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