The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a right knee disability, finding that there was no current evidence of a chronic right knee disorder during his active duty and concluding that any right knee pain he experienced in service was not related to his prior military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence did not support a finding of a current right knee disability, as the veteran had no objectively diagnosed condition and denied seeking medical treatment for his right knee since 1993. The examiner concluded that any pain was idiopathic in nature.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2000
- Citation
- 0030214
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