The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection of a left knee disability and an increased evaluation for his calcaneal spur with plantar fasciitis and bursitis, finding that there was no well-grounded claim for service connection due to lack of evidence of a current left knee disability. The calcaneal spur with plantar fasciitis and bursitis is rated as 10 percent disabling.
The deciding factor: The veteran's left knee disability was not shown by competent medical evidence, thus his claim for service connection was denied. For the calcaneal spur with plantar fasciitis and bursitis, the Board found that a rating in excess of 10 percent was not warranted based on the current clinical findings.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Strain, Calcaneal Spur with Plantar Fasciitis and Bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0008107
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