The Board denied service connection for residuals of a left knee injury and granted service connection for numbness of the left arm and hand. The other claims are pending.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence in the medical records showing any chronic left knee disability, but the VA examiner opined that it is at least as likely as not that the veteran's conditions occurred during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Numbness of Left Arm and Hand, Residuals of Left Knee Injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0602686
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and residuals of a left knee injury due to new evidence submitted since the original denial in November 1993.
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