The Board denied reopening of the claim for PTSD due to lack of new and material evidence. Service connection was not granted for left knee meniscal tear and chondromalacia or cervical spine degenerative disc disease.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the previously denied claim of service connection for PTSD, and there is no indication that either left knee condition or cervical spine condition are related to service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Left knee meniscal tear and chondromalacia, Cervical spine degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1040473
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