The Board has determined that there is no competent evidence of a current chest pain disability, low back disorder, or bilateral knee disability due to disease or injury. Therefore, service connection for these conditions cannot be granted.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient medical evidence linking the veteran's claimed disabilities to his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- chest pain disability due to disease or injury, low back disorder, including bulging discs at L4-L5 and L5-S1, bilateral knee disability due to disease or injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2002
- Citation
- 0203634
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What this means for you
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