The Board found no evidence of a bilateral knee injury or disease during active service, and the veteran's current bilateral knee disorder is not shown to be related to his service-connected left foot disability. Therefore, service connection for a bilateral knee condition was denied.
The deciding factor: The VA joints examination in January 1999 concluded that the etiology of the veteran's bilateral knee disability was not secondary to the fracture of the fourth metatarsal of the left foot and noted that the current bilateral knee disorder is due to age-related changes, not related to service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee disorder, degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2002
- Citation
- 0200768
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