The Board has found that the veteran's DVT of the right leg and residuals of a right knee injury were not incurred in or aggravated by service, nor may arthritis of the right knee be presumed to have been incurred therein. The preponderance of evidence is against the claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's post-service right leg DVT and right knee disorders to his period of service.
- Claimed conditions
- deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the right leg, residuals of a right knee injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0639579
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