The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of a low back disorder and left knee disability, finding that there was no evidence to support these conditions were incurred during or related to his military service.,For the TTR claim, the Board found that service connection had not been established, thus denying the claim.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by VA examiners in November 2018 and January 2019 were more probative than the private opinions from March 2013 and April 2013. These VA examiners concluded that there was no evidence of a service connection for the low back disorder or left knee disability.,The Board also found that the Veteran's post-service left knee problems began after his military service, with multiple injuries occurring after 2005.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Low Back Disorder","diagnoses":["Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)","Spinal Stenosis"]}, {"condition_name":"Left Knee Disorder","diagnoses":["Meniscus Tears with Osteoarthritis","Total Left Knee Arthroplasty"]}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19145042
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What this means for you
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