The Board found that the appellant likely incurred a left knee injury during service, which resulted in current complaints of pain. The Board granted service connection for the residuals of this ligament injury.
The deciding factor: The examiner concluded that the current abnormalities of the appellant's left knee were most likely related to his nonservice-connected basketball injury in 1980, based on the x-ray evidence from 1980 showing old injuries and fragmentation of the anterior part of the tibial plateau.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee injury, left knee pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2003
- Citation
- 0323816
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