The Board finds that the veteran does not have a current psychiatric disorder, left knee disorder, or right shoulder instability. The preponderance of evidence is against finding these conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support the presence of any diagnosed psychiatric, left knee, or right shoulder disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Disorder, Psychiatric Disorder, Right Shoulder Instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2003
- Citation
- 0303137
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What this means for you
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