The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for epistaxis and initial ratings for right thigh and right knee disabilities, finding that there was no current disability of epistaxis and insufficient evidence to support a rating higher than 10 percent for the right thigh and right knee conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran did not have a current disability of epistaxis and that his right thigh and right knee disabilities were rated at noncompensable levels under DC 5253 and DC 5260, respectively. The Board resolved any doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- epistaxis, impairment of the right thigh, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19180578
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,911 · Granted: 10% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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