The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee disabilities and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease as due to sleep apnea. The claim for tinea versicolor is remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that the Veteran had onset of his knee conditions within a year of active duty service, and there was no direct evidence against finding that the knee conditions had onset in service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee osteoarthritis with iliotibial band syndrome and patellar tendonitis, right knee osteoarthritis with iliotibial band syndrome and patellar tendonitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2023
- Citation
- A23033762
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