The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the claims for service connection for bilateral knee and foot disabilities. Based on all the evidence, a current bilateral knee disability is considered to have begun during active duty.
The deciding factor: Medical records show that the veteran had complaints of knee pain during both periods of his military service, with physical findings being generally not significant but consistent over time.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Foot Disability, Bilateral Knee Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2004
- Citation
- 0413883
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