The veteran's service-connected right knee scar and left foot injury residuals are currently rated as noncompensably disabling.,Service connection for a stomach disorder, claimed as due to an undiagnosed illness, is not well grounded.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of functional loss or limitation related to the service-connected right knee scar and left foot injury residuals. The veteran's gastrointestinal symptoms during service were attributed to known diagnoses, and there is currently no evidence showing a stomach disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee scar, residual to a stab wound, Left foot injury residuals, Stomach disorder, claimed as due to an undiagnosed illness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0016828
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