The Veteran's claims for service connection have been denied as new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the claims. The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral knee injury and concussion with memory loss and headaches are not etiologically related to his active military service or his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence is against finding a nexus between the Veteran's bilateral knee disability and concussion with memory loss and headaches and his active military service or any service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee injury, concussion with memory loss and headaches
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19137854
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