The Board has determined that the veteran's claim is well-grounded and granted service connection for a left knee injury, finding continuity of symptomatology since his in-service injury. The RO will conduct further examination to clarify any current left knee disorder.
The deciding factor: The examiner found evidence of soft tissue damage in the veteran's left knee post-service, which supports the claim of continuity of symptoms and establishes service connection through direct causation.
- Claimed conditions
- Left knee injury, Left knee medial meniscus tear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0010141
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