The Board found that the Veteran's current left knee disorder is not related to his period of service, and denied his claim for service connection.,The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's dental trauma did not result from an injury during his active military service.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of a dental trauma or injury in service, and the current left knee disorder is not related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of left knee injury, Dental trauma (broken and cracked upper and lower teeth)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2011
- Citation
- 1101054
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals of left knee injury and remanded the issue of initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss disability.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions did not render him unable to obtain and maintain gainful employment prior to March 5, 2008. Since then, he has had a combined evaluation of at least 60 percent for his service-connected disabilities, but the VA examiner found that these conditions do not preclude sedentary employment.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's residuals of a left wrist fracture are secondary to his service-connected right knee disorder, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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