The Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including right wrist, finger, neck, left leg, right leg, left knee, right knee, right ankle, left foot, and right foot disabilities are denied as there is no current diagnosis of a chronic disability in any of these areas.,Service connection for headache (including migraines), bipolar disorder, and eating disorder were also denied due to lack of evidence supporting the presence of such conditions during service or their relationship to service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have current diagnoses of chronic disabilities in any of the claimed areas. The VA examinations did not find any current right wrist, finger, neck, left leg, right leg, left knee, right knee, right ankle, left foot, or right foot disability.,There is no evidence of a current headache disorder, bipolar disorder, or eating disorder that was present during service.
- Claimed conditions
- right wrist, finger, neck, left leg, right leg, left knee, right knee, right ankle, left foot, right foot, headache (including migraines), bipolar disorder, eating disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2018
- Citation
- 18153859
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