The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right elbow injury, left elbow injury, lumbosacral pain, and right knee pain. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to military service.,Service connection was also denied for depression/panic disorder.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by VA examiners found no relationship between the Veteran's current diagnoses of right elbow injury, left elbow injury, lumbosacral pain, and right knee pain with his military service. The Veteran's in-service complaints were noted as acute and transitory.
- Claimed conditions
- right elbow injury, left elbow injury, lumbosacral pain (arthritis), right knee pain (arthritis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19163816
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability, finding no evidence of a current qualifying disability. The other claims were remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left shoulder and elbow injuries due to a lack of evidence linking them to the Veteran's military service, and remanded the claim for lumbar spine injury for further development.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal of the issue regarding entitlement to service connection for left elbow injury prior to his death, and as a result, the Board has dismissed this appeal.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him in need of regular aid and attendance, which is granted for special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance.
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