The Veteran's appeals have been withdrawn. The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a right testicular/groin disability, right leg disability, or lumbosacral spine disability. Service connection for these conditions is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a current disability in any of the claimed conditions and the Veteran's statements do not support the presence of such disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative spondylosis, cervical spine, left inguinal hernia repair with scar, muscle pain (right shoulder, upper back and neck), gastrointestinal disability (gastroenteritis and hemorrhoids), throat disability (pharyngitis), right testicle/groin disability, headache, left eye disability (corneal abrasion), right foot disability (status post right foot stress fracture, a bone chip and residuals of a laceration), right leg disability (hamstring condition), psychiatric disability, right thumb disability (residuals of a right thumb laceration), neurological disability of the bilateral hands, sleep disorder, bilateral hearing loss, bilateral knee disability, lumbosacral spine disability, residuals of oral surgery, right shoulder/arm disability (rotator cuff syndrome, bicipital tenosynovitis, and subacromial bursitis), right eye disability (corneal abrasion), left hand/wrist disability (growth on the left hand/wrist)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2017
- Citation
- 1751833
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