The Board found no current diagnosis of disorders of the right hip, leg, foot or knee and denied service connection for these conditions. The issue of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for a left knee disorder is remanded.
The deciding factor: There was no current diagnosis of the claimed disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- disorders of the right hip, disorders of the right leg, disorders of the right foot, disorders of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2007
- Citation
- 0733331
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for disorders of the right hip, bilateral knees, and low back. The medical evidence did not include current diagnoses with respect to these conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied reopening the veteran's claims for service connection for chronic paranoid schizophrenia and disorders of the right foot, finding no new and material evidence to support these claims.
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