The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for color blindness, bilateral knee problems, and defective hearing due to a lack of in-service medical records and insufficient post-service clinical records. The Board found no credible medical opinion linking any current disabilities to service.
The deciding factor: There were no identified in-service or post-service medical records that could support the veteran's claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- color blindness, bilateral knee problems, defective hearing
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0613531
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