The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of a left knee injury, manifested by soft tissue calcification, are causally related to service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The examiner diagnosed remote injury of the left knee which occurred prior to service but noted no evidence of aggravation during service. The interval between his discharge and the first documented appearance of symptoms was at least 20 years, suggesting that any pre-existing defect was not aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a left knee injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 21, 2005
- Citation
- 0525923
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