Herman L. Loving , Jr. v. R. James Nicholson

HAGEL, Judge:

Herman L. Loving, Jr., appeals through counsel an April 3, 2002, Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) decision wherein the Board denied him entitlement to compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a right-knee disability alleged to have resulted from VA medical treatment in July 1999. Record (R.) at 2, 9. The Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 38 U.S.C. §§ 7252(a) and 7266(a) to review the April 2002 Board decision. For the reasons provided in this opinion, the Court will affirm the April 2002 decision.

I. BACKGROUND

Mr. Loving served on active duty in the U.S. Army from October 1966…