The Board denied service connection for residuals of right and left knee and leg injury other than shell fragment wounds as there is no evidence of a medical relationship between any current disability and any incident of service other than shell fragment wounds.
The deciding factor: No evidence establishes a nexus between the veteran's current knee disabilities and in-service injuries, and the VA examiner opined that the veteran's current knee disabilities are not likely related to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of right knee injury, Residuals of left knee injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2008
- Citation
- 0816442
What this means for you
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