The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, finding that they were not incurred or aggravated during his active duty and could not be presumed to have been due to undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a nexus between the claimed conditions and the veteran's active service.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease, neurotic excoriation (claimed as skin condition due to an undiagnosed illness), chronic bronchitis (claimed as cough due to undiagnosed illness), duodenal ulcer disease and hiatal hernia (claimed as a gastrointestinal condition due to undiagnosed illness), muscle pain, lymphatic gland disorder as due to an undiagnosed illness, fatigue due to undiagnosed illness, depression due to undiagnosed illness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2001
- Citation
- 0103907
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for residuals of a right knee meniscal tear to include degenerative joint disease, finding that the Veteran's in-service injury led to his current condition.
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