The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of left knee disability, pilonidal cyst, right carpal tunnel syndrome, and radiculopathy of the right upper extremity due to lack of competent evidence showing these conditions are related to military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence demonstrating that the Veteran has any of the claimed disabilities (left knee disability, pilonidal cyst, right carpal tunnel syndrome, or radiculopathy of the right upper extremity) and thus cannot establish a link between these conditions and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability, pilonidal cyst, right carpal tunnel syndrome, radiculopathy of the right upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19161565
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