The Board found that the veteran's knee disability was not related to his military service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of continuity of symptoms since service, and there was no documentation of injury in service. The preponderance of the evidence was against the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2000
- Citation
- 0009830
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