Denied
The Board denied service connection for left and right knee strain with joint pain due to a lack of evidence showing current disability, in-service injury or disease, and nexus between the claimed conditions and military service. The claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran had a current knee condition or that his knee pain resulted from an in-service event. For the psychiatric disorder, pre-decisional duty to assist errors required further development of the record before adjudicating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee strain with joint pain, right knee strain with joint pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25106137
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