The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for knee disability and left eye disability due to a lack of competent medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing that any current knee or eye disabilities are related to the veteran's military service, including any incidents of trauma during service.
- Claimed conditions
- knee disability, left eye disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2000
- Citation
- 0017548
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