The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a chronic bilateral knee disability, bilateral otitis externa and left otitis media, a left varicocele, and a right-sided pulmonary embolus, tachycardia, and deep venous thrombosis of the left leg as secondary to his service-connected chronic ligament injury of the left ankle.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's claims were not well-grounded due to lack of evidence supporting the plausibility or substantiation of these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic bilateral knee disability, bilateral otitis externa and left otitis media, left varicocele, right-sided pulmonary embolus, tachycardia and deep venous thrombosis of the left leg
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0003370
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