The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for type II diabetes mellitus, low back disability, and left knee disability due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his active service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish that any of the claimed conditions were related to the Veteran's military service.
- Claimed conditions
- type II diabetes mellitus (DM2), low back disability, including degenerative arthritis, status post-laminectomy, left knee disability, including degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19132159
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