The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for left ear disease, hearing loss disability, degenerative joint disease of the glenohumeral joint, bilateral knee and ankle disabilities, and residuals of a right wrist injury. The evidence does not support the presence of these conditions during or after military service.
The deciding factor: The medical records do not show current diagnoses for any of the claimed conditions, and there is no evidence of chronic disability related to these conditions that can be presumed to have been incurred in service.
- Claimed conditions
- left ear disease, hearing loss disability, left ear, degenerative joint disease of the glenohumeral joint, bilateral knee and ankle disabilities, residuals of a right wrist injury
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2002
- Citation
- 0213098
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