The Board found that the current right knee conditions are not related to service or any pre-existing condition, and thus denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a right knee injury in service, and the veteran's current right knee conditions are not linked to his inservice automobile accident or his service-connected low back condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Osteoarthritis, Mild Medial Ligament Laxity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0618580
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What this means for you
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