The Veteran's claims for service connection for depression, prostate cancer, right hip disability, arthritis, eczema, elbow disability, gout, hypertension, and bilateral hand and foot neurological disabilities have been denied as there is no evidence of these conditions during or after the period of service.,Service connection cannot be granted because the Veteran has not provided any medical or other evidence linking his current diagnoses to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims for service connection are based on a lack of competent and credible evidence showing that he had the claimed conditions during or after his period of active duty. The earliest documented diagnoses were many years post-service, and there is no medical opinion linking any current disabilities to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, prostate cancer, right hip disability, arthritis, eczema, elbow disability, gout, hypertension, right hand neurological disability, left hand neurological disability, right foot neurological disability, left foot neurological disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19124784
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