The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for a left leg disability due to new and material evidence submitted since the October 1996 rating decision. However, the Board finds that there is no evidence showing a link between the veteran's current left leg symptoms and his in-service diagnoses or symptomatology.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a connection between the veteran's current left leg disability and his service-connected knee conditions or any other in-service diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg disability, left knee pain, left patella pain syndrome, left sciatica
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2002
- Citation
- 0211829
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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