The Board denied service connection for a right knee disability as secondary to the service-connected left knee replacement residuals, finding that there was no evidence showing a relationship between the right knee injury and either his period of service or his service-connected left knee disorder.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence did not show any objective indication of a connection between the right knee disability and the service-connected left knee disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee disability, Left knee replacement residuals
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2000
- Citation
- 0011819
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