The Veteran's left knee arthritis is granted service connection. The olfactory disability, pancreatic disability, and TBI residuals are denied as there is no medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service. Service connection for tooth erosion is also denied.
The deciding factor: There was no in-service diagnosis or treatment related to the claimed disabilities, and the VA examiners found no link between the Veteran's current conditions and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee arthritis, olfactory disability, pancreatic disability, residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI), tooth erosion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19100965
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Decisions by this judge: 631 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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