The Board has granted service connection for a left knee disability and denied service connection for head injury residuals (other than tinnitus) and PTSD. The decision on the head injury claim is remanded due to insufficient evidence of an in-service stressor.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted for the left knee disability based on secondary service connection, as it was found that the Veteran's current left knee disability was proximately due to or the result of his service-connected right ankle disability. Service connection was denied for head injury residuals (other than tinnitus) and PTSD because there is insufficient evidence that the reported in-service stressor occurred.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability, head injury residuals (other than tinnitus), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2024
- Citation
- A24063669
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Decisions by this judge: 2,287 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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