The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a left knee disorder, finding that there was no evidence of any treatment or diagnosis related to this injury during his active military service. The Board concluded that the preponderance of the evidence did not support the claim and thus denied it.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing treatment or diagnosis of a left knee disability during the veteran's period of active service, and the Board found that any opinion relating the current condition to service would be speculative due to lack of contemporaneous documentation.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2001
- Citation
- 0122777
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What this means for you
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