The Board has determined that the appellant does not have a well-grounded claim for service connection for right and left knee disorders or bilateral plantar fasciitis, as there is no medical evidence showing current disabilities related to service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence demonstrating the existence of any current right or left knee pathology or bilateral plantar fasciitis that can be linked to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disorder, Left Knee Disorder, Bilateral Plantar Fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2000
- Citation
- 0004468
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