The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for muscular atrophy, finding that there is no current disability and insufficient evidence to link the condition to her active duty.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a current disability of muscle atrophy or any in-service injury or event associated with the claimed condition.
- Claimed conditions
- muscular atrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2023
- Citation
- 23059340
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