The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for retina condition, tailbone injury, neuropathy of left hand, and neuropathy of left shoulder. The Board found that there is no evidence to support a current disability related to these conditions in service or due to such disabilities.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find any current diagnoses related to the Veteran's claimed conditions and concluded that they are not related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- retina condition, tailbone injury, neuropathy, left hand, neuropathy, left shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2020
- Citation
- 20011844
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