The Board found that the veteran's right leg/knee disorder was not incurred during service and is not related to his service-connected left knee disability. Therefore, service connection for this condition cannot be established.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded there is no causal relationship between the veteran's current right leg/knee impairment and his period of active duty service or a service-connected left knee disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Right leg/knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 25, 2007
- Citation
- 0722753
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