The Board denied reopening the claims for service connection of right knee disability, depression, lumbar spine disability, and sleep apnea. The initial ratings for left knee lateral meniscus tear and repair with arthritis and left knee instability as residual of lateral meniscus tear and repair were also denied.
The deciding factor: The new evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims and failed to raise a reasonable possibility of establishing a nexus between service and current disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disability, Depression, Sleep Apnea
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2018
- Citation
- 18110085
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