The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic right knee disorder, as there was no evidence of such a condition during active service or within one year of discharge and the current condition was not shown to be related to any inservice injury.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the proximal cause of the veteran's right knee problems is an on-the-job injury in 1999, rather than any inservice trauma, and service connection cannot be definitively stated without resorting to speculation.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2008
- Citation
- 0815249
What this means for you
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