The Board has determined that the veteran's arthritis of both knees was not incurred or aggravated in service and is not shown to be caused by other service-connected disability. The preponderance of evidence on file does not support a finding that the veteran's current knee symptoms are related to his shell fragment wounds during service.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations conducted did not find any residual pathology affecting the knees, and the most recent examination noted mild degenerative changes in both knees which were not out of the ordinary for someone of the veteran's age. The examiner also opined that the veteran's current knee symptoms are likely unrelated to service-connected shell fragment wounds.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of both knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2007
- Citation
- 0720275
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