The Board denied service connection for a right knee disorder, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis was not related to his time in-service and is not due to any in-service occurrence or event.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including as secondary to service connected tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss, was also denied. The Board found no evidence of a link between the Veteran's current psychiatric condition and his time in-service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right knee disorder is not related to his time in-service due to lack of medical records showing any complaints or diagnoses prior to many years after service.,His acquired psychiatric disorders are also not linked to his time in-service. The Board found no evidence that the conditions were caused by or aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus and hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee disorder, Acquired psychiatric disorder (including variously diagnosed conditions)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19102089
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