The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee disorder as there was no evidence of a current disability, in-service incurrence or aggravation of an injury or disease, and medical evidence of a nexus between the current disability and the in-service disease or injury.
The deciding factor: Service connection is not warranted because the veteran does not have a current right knee disorder, there is no evidence of in-service incurrence or aggravation of a right knee disorder, and there is no medical evidence linking any current right knee disorder to service.
- Claimed conditions
- tendonitis of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2008
- Citation
- 0811071
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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