The Board finds that the Veteran's service connection claims for knee, cervical spine, thoracolumbar spine, and pes planus disabilities are denied as there is no evidence of a nexus between these conditions and her military service.
The deciding factor: The May 2006 VA examination report did not review or discuss the in-service treatment records which document multiple instances of knee, back, and foot pain. The Veteran's claims were evaluated based on the current medical evidence without considering the in-service findings.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Disability, Right Knee Disability, Disability of the Cervical Spine (claimed as a cervical spine disability other than a cervical strain), Disability of the Thoracolumbar Spine, Bilateral Pes Planus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2014
- Citation
- 1403173
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