The Board denied service connection for right and left knee disorders, heart palpitations, and diarrhea as the evidence did not show a link to service.,Service connection was not granted because there is no medical evidence linking these conditions to service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing that any of the claimed conditions are related to service or the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disorder, Left Knee Disorder, Heart Palpitations, Diarrhea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2012
- Citation
- 1214394
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right knee disorder is related to his military service and grants entitlement to service connection.
- Denied
The Veteran's hypertension is not service-connected as it did not manifest to a compensable degree within one year of separation from service.,Prior to November 16, 2023, the Veteran's heart palpitations were not manifested by permanent atrial fibrillation or other supraventricular tachycardia documented by ECG or Holter monitor.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for a right knee disorder and an initial compensable rating for TBI, as new evidence was received. The effective date for service connection for TBI is being remanded.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right knee disorder is related to his service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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