The Board denied service connection for chronic sinus disability, right breast pain, fatigue (CFS), and UTI as there was no evidence of a current disability at any time during the pendency or proximate to the filing of the claims.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the Veteran had a current disability as to any of the claimed conditions at any time during the pendency or proximate to the filing of her claim, and thus service connection was denied for all these issues.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic sinus disability, to include chronic sinusitis, disability manifested by right breast pain, disability manifested by fatigue, to include CFS, UTI
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2024
- Citation
- 24003754
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for a left shoulder disability was reopened due to new and material evidence. Effective dates were granted for right knee instability (December 11, 2017) and left knee instability (February 12, 2018). Other issues were remanded.
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