The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of a left knee disability and an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for TBI with residual headaches. The earlier effective date claim was also denied as there were no prior communications from the Veteran regarding this issue.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the Veteran had a current left knee disability or that any such disability was related to service, and his contentions were found not credible given the long period of time between service and diagnosis. For TBI with residual headaches, the Board found no new and material evidence to reopen the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee DJD, Schizoaffective Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2016
- Citation
- 1623353
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