The Board found no current right knee disability and denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including migraine headaches, skin disabilities of the feet and hands, a heart murmur, bilateral hearing loss, high liver enzymes, anemia, and a penile deformity.
The deciding factor: The VA examination report indicated that the Veteran did not have any current right knee disability. The Board found his lay assertions regarding such a condition to be less credible than the medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- migraine headaches, skin disability of the feet, skin disability of the hands, right ankle disability, heart murmur (heart disability), bilateral hearing loss disability, hypothyroidism, anemia, penile deformity, high liver enzymes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2017
- Citation
- 1758161
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