The Board denied service connection for the residuals of a right knee sprain and secondary service connection for a low back strain as claimed, finding no medical evidence linking current disabilities to military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence establishing a nexus between any current right knee disability and service. The veteran's post-service complaints are not supported by contemporaneous medical records or x-rays indicating the presence of such conditions during his active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Sprain, Patellofemoral Chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0612356
What this means for you
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