The Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right knee disabilities, tinnitus, and hypertension have been denied due to lack of current diagnoses or persistent/recurrent symptoms.,Service connection for tinnitus has also been denied as there is no indication of in-service noise exposure and the claim fails for lack on in-service incurrence.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension was not granted as there is no evidence of a diagnosis within one year of discharge from service or continuous symptoms since service.
The deciding factor: There are no current diagnoses or persistent/recurrent symptoms for the claimed conditions. The Veteran’s knee pain and tinnitus were linked to his back disability, and hypertension was not diagnosed during service or within a year of discharge.,The Veteran did not have noise exposure in service, and there is no indication of an in-service incurrence of tinnitus.,There is no evidence of a diagnosis of hypertension within one year of the Veteran's discharge from service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability, right knee disability, tinnitus, hypertension, sleep condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19131072
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tinnitus to correct a duty to assist error, as the Veteran's lay statements regarding onset and continuity of symptoms were not adequately considered in the previous decision.
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