The Board denied service connection for a medial meniscal tear of the right knee, finding no evidence that the current disability was related to active service.
The deciding factor: No competent evidence causally relates the current medial meniscal tear of the right knee to active service.
- Claimed conditions
- medial meniscal tear of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2008
- Citation
- 0810173
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