The Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep disorder, Crohn's disease, GERD, thyroid cancer, right knee disability, and left knee disability have been denied. The appeal is mixed as some issues were granted (right and left knee disabilities) while others remain denied.,New evidence was submitted but did not provide a basis to reopen the claims for service connection for sleep disorder, Crohn's disease, GERD, and thyroid cancer.
The deciding factor: The new evidence does not provide a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for service connection for these conditions as it is cumulative or duplicative of previous evidence.,No medical examination was conducted to determine if the Veteran has current disabilities related to his in-service exposure, and thus remand is necessary.
- Claimed conditions
- Sleep Disorder, Crohn's Disease, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Thyroid Cancer, Right Knee Disability, Left Knee Disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19117609
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Decisions by this judge: 880 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities are rated at 10% each, and the Board finds that higher ratings are not warranted based on the evidence of record.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities are not related to his active service, and thus denied both claims for service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a right knee disability, finding that there is no evidence to support an etiological relationship between his current condition and his military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's left knee disability is currently rated at 30 percent, and the Board finds no evidence of clear and unmistakable error in assigning an effective date of June 19, 2002.
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