The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee disability and did not reopen his previously denied claims for hearing loss, tinnitus, and residuals of a fractured jaw.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that any current right knee disorder was caused by an incident of service. The medical records were negative for hearing loss and tinnitus until the 1980s, and there were no objective findings of any jaw fracture in service or current residuals of a jaw fracture.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disability, hearing loss, tinnitus, residuals of a fractured jaw
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2003
- Citation
- 0313841
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