The Board finds that the veteran's current heart disease and bilateral knee disability are not related to his active service. The VA opinions do not support a finding of service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions indicate no direct link between the veteran's current disabilities and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Knee Disability, Heart Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0302511
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Decisions by this judge: 1,377 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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