The Board denied service connection for tremors of the hands and right knee injury, finding no evidence of such conditions during or immediately after service.,The veteran's claims to reopen his previously denied psychiatric and left knee disability claims were also denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a nexus between current disabilities and active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Tremors of the hands, Right knee injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2008
- Citation
- 0843730
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