The issues of service connection for low back strain, joint pain, bilateral chronic knee problems, and mild renal disease are dismissed as moot due to the grant of service connection for joint pain in a previous decision.,Service connection for irritable bowel syndrome is denied because there was no pending claim prior to May 20, 2016.
The deciding factor: The issues have been dismissed as moot due to the grant of service connection for joint pain which includes low back strain and bilateral knee problems.,There was no pending claim for irritable bowel syndrome before May 20, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- low back strain, joint pain, bilateral chronic knee problems, mild renal disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19188796
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a right leg condition, sinusitis, lower back condition, and joint pain as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.
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