The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a left knee disability due to new and material evidence. The claim for service connection for a left foot disability is denied as there is no credible evidence that it was incurred in or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current left foot disability does not meet the criteria for service connection as there is no chronicity of symptoms within one year after separation from service and his statements regarding continuity of symptomatology are internally inconsistent with the STRs which show a stress fracture in the right foot but not the left foot.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability, left foot disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2018
- Citation
- 18126498
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination to assess his bilateral knee and hip disabilities.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board has not made a final determination on the claims of service connection for inguinal hernia, PTSD, joint pain, fibromyalgia, left knee disability, right knee disability, tinnitus, chronic fatigue syndrome, respiratory disability, sleep disorder, IBS, and headaches. The claims are remanded to obtain additional evidence and determine if these conditions are related to service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient rationale in the July 2012 VA examination for the Veteran's left knee disability, and a new addendum opinion is needed.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee disability, right knee disability, lumbar spine disability, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as these issues have been addressed in a separate docket.
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