The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that there is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's right knee residuals to his active service. As a result, the claim for service connection for residuals, right knee injury is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a link between the veteran's current right knee condition and an event in active service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals, right knee injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0628319
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