The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus, cervical spine disorder, bilateral wrist and forearm disorder, and jaw disorder (temporomandibular joint disorder). The Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee patellar tendonitis was also not granted a compensable rating.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support the presence of any new or increased disability in these conditions during military service or due to his service-connected bilateral knee patellar tendonitis.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee patellar tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0944127
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