The Board denied service connection for the veteran's bilateral knee injuries, finding that his claim was not well grounded and lacked sufficient evidence to support a link between his current condition and military service.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that there was no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current bilateral knee disorder with any incident or disease during his active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee injuries
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2000
- Citation
- 0004558
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral knee injuries, to include arthritis, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic disease during or within one year after service and concluding that his current osteoarthritis is more likely due to obesity and aging rather than military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, back strain, bilateral knee injuries, and bilateral ankle injuries due to new evidence of worsening symptoms.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain an opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities, including arthritis and degenerative joint disease. The examiner should consider the Veteran's job duties during service, his lack of formal medical care during desert deployments, and his son's testimony about his condition upon return from service.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an upper respiratory condition has been reopened, and he is granted service connection. The claims for bilateral knee injuries are remanded.,Service connection for PTSD was granted with a disability rating of 70 percent from February 9, 2018.
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