The Veteran's claims for service connection for muscle atrophy of the right thigh, sciatic nerve and posterior left thigh disorder, and loss of stability of the cruciate ligament, left knee were denied as these conditions are not considered to be directly related to his active service or secondary to a service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current conditions do not meet the criteria for direct service connection due to lack of evidence linking them to his military service. The claims have also been evaluated under the secondary service connection theory, but no evidence was provided that supports such a finding.
- Claimed conditions
- muscle atrophy of the right thigh, sciatic nerve and posterior left thigh disorder, loss of stability of the cruciate ligament, left knee
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 29, 2009
- Citation
- 0920034
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