The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a right knee disorder due to new and material evidence submitted since the February 1969 rating decision. The Board also found that there is sufficient evidence to warrant service connection for osteoarthritis of the right knee.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed that the veteran had a right knee injury in service, currently has osteoarthritis of the right knee, and the preponderance of the evidence supported a relationship between the current disability and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteoarthritis of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2002
- Citation
- 0206737
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