The Board found that the veteran does not have a psychiatric disability, back disability, or knee disability that was incurred in or aggravated by active military service.
The deciding factor: Service medical records are silent for complaints, diagnoses, or treatment related to these conditions during service. The preponderance of evidence is against the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disability, disability of the upper and lower back, knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2002
- Citation
- 0207054
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What this means for you
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