The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right knee DJD, left foot diabetic ulcer, chronic bronchitis, and left foot cellulitis. The Board found no current diagnoses of these conditions in the record.,For the remanded issues, the Board will seek additional medical opinions to determine if there is a relationship between the Veteran's current hip flexor strain and knee synovitis with his service.

The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran has any current diagnoses for right knee DJD, left foot diabetic ulcer, chronic bronchitis, or left foot cellulitis. The Board found no objective medical evidence in the record to support these claims.,For the remanded issues, additional VA examinations will be conducted to determine if there is a relationship between the Veteran's current hip flexor strain and knee synovitis with his service.

Claimed conditions

{"condition_name":"Right Knee Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)","diagnosis_date":null,"service_connection_theory":"direct"}, {"condition_name":"Left Foot Diabetic Ulcer","diagnosis_date":null,"service_connection_theory":"secondary"}, {"condition_name":"Chronic Bronchitis","diagnosis_date":null,"service_connection_theory":"direct"}, {"condition_name":"Left Foot Cellulitis","diagnosis_date":null,"service_connection_theory":"direct"}, {"condition_name":"Left Hip Flexor Strain","diagnosis_date":null,"service_connection_theory":"unknown"}, {"condition_name":"Left Knee with Synovitis","diagnosis_date":null,"service_connection_theory":"unknown"}

How they argued it

Not specified

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

August 7, 2019

Citation

19160658

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