The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee disability and PTSD. The effective date of the cervical spine rating remains under review.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support granting service connection for the claimed conditions based on the criteria provided in the decision.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee degenerative joint disease with torn medial meniscus, acquired psychiatric disability including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1011656
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a back disability, disabilities of the legs and knees including osteoarthritis, and an acquired psychiatric disability including PTSD due to lack of credible evidence of onset or continuity of symptomatology since service.
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