The Board has reopened the claim of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a sprain of the left knee due to new and material evidence submitted since the final January 1956 rating decision. The claim is well grounded as there is competent medical evidence linking current left knee disability to an injury in service.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been presented, including a private medical report from July 1976 that identified a probable lateral meniscus tear related to the veteran's history of knee injuries in service.
- Claimed conditions
- sprain of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2000
- Citation
- 0004965
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