The Board has determined that the veteran's right knee disability, diagnosed as patellofemoral pain syndrome, was not incurred in service and is unrelated to his service-connected right ankle disability. The claim for secondary service connection has also been denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the current right knee disability is more likely due to a pre-service injury rather than being caused by or aggravated by the service-connected right ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disability (patellofemoral pain syndrome)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2007
- Citation
- 0728704
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