The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of chronic low back, left knee, or right knee disabilities. Therefore, service connection for these conditions is denied.
The deciding factor: There was no diagnosed chronic disability found in the examination reports provided by the Veteran and his VA examiners.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic low back disorder, chronic left knee disability, chronic right knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2009
- Citation
- 0915185
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a chronic cervical spine disability but denied service connection for a chronic left knee disability and residuals from a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, except for persistent depressive disorder which was granted.
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