The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral knee condition, an increased rating for malaria, and an increased rating for cellulitis of the left leg as his claims are not well grounded.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a plausible claim for service connection for any of the conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Knee Condition, Malaria, Cellulitis of the Left Leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0019933
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What this means for you
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