The Board has denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a right knee disability, finding that there is no medical nexus between his currently diagnosed right knee patellar tendonitis and his service-connected left knee disability.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence establishing a causal relationship between the veteran's service-connected left knee condition and his current right knee conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellar tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0638909
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