The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for a head injury with headaches and neck pain, but denied the claims for left knee and left ankle disabilities due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted since the last denial supports reopening the claim for service connection for a head injury with headaches and neck pain. However, there is no current diagnosis or competent medical opinion linking the Veteran's current left knee and left ankle disabilities to his period of service.
- Claimed conditions
- head injury with headaches, neck pain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2015
- Citation
- 1516421
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