The Board has denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for impairment of the right knee, left knee, and a back condition as not well grounded. The evidence does not support current diagnoses or a link between the claimed conditions and active duty.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not present competent medical evidence of current disabilities or a nexus between his in-service injuries and the currently diagnosed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- impairment of the right knee, impairment of the left knee, a back condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0025770
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