The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection due to a lack of competent evidence linking his current hip and knee disabilities or head injury residuals to his military service. The claim for head injuries was also denied as it was determined that they were caused by the veteran's own misconduct.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a direct link between the claimed conditions and the veteran's period of active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip injury, left knee injury, head injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0014971
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error in obtaining missing service treatment records. The AOJ is instructed to attempt to obtain these records and conduct any necessary development, including VA examinations.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a right ankle injury, residuals of a left knee injury, and tinnitus.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal of the award of an earlier effective date for tinnitus has been withdrawn.,The Veteran's appeals for increased disability evaluations for his low back injury, right knee injury, left knee injury, left ankle injury, and bilateral hearing loss have all been dismissed as the appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran through his representative.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim of service connection for tinnitus is dismissed as moot because the Board granted it in a previous decision. The Veteran's claim of service connection for left knee injury is granted.
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