The Board has determined that the veteran's right and left knee disabilities, as well as his bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, were not incurred or aggravated by service. The presumption of soundness at entry to service is rebutted for the right knee disability.
The deciding factor: Clear and unmistakable evidence shows that the veteran had a pre-existing right knee condition (recurrent patella dislocation) prior to entering active service, which was not aggravated during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Dislocation, Left Knee Dislocation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2007
- Citation
- 0723969
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- Partly granted
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