The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for a right knee disability. The current evidence confirms the presence of a current right knee disability but does not establish a disease or injury in service or a link between such a condition and the veteran's current disability.
The deciding factor: The provided evidence does not show a disease or injury in service that is linked to the current right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Degenerative Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2004
- Citation
- 0401516
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