The Board has determined that the veteran does not currently have a right knee or right ring finger disability, and thus denied both claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no current evidence of a right knee or right ring finger disability in the record, despite having experienced injuries during service which resolved without residual issues.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee injury, Injury to the right ring finger
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0613735
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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