The Board denied service connection for residuals of a gunshot wound injury to the right hip and residuals of injury to the right knee, finding no current disability in either condition and insufficient evidence linking any current conditions to service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not have a confirmed current disability in either condition and there was no linkage between any current disability and the incidents during service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of injury to the right knee, residuals of a gunshot wound injury to the right hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2015
- Citation
- 1510490
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to incomplete service records and the need for further medical opinions. The issues of entitlement to service connection for gunshot wound injuries to the right hip and injury to the right knee are pending.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including lumbar spine disability, left ankle disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, tinnitus, and bilateral hearing loss, considered alone or in combination, render him unemployable. The case is REMANDED for a VA medical examination to determine if the Veteran is unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due by reason of service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Denied
The Board found no evidence that the Veteran's current right knee disability is related to his military service, including a 35-foot fall from a mountain during active duty. The examiner opined that it was less likely as not that any current right knee disorder was caused by or resulted from any in-service disease or injury.
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