The Board finds that the veteran's current left knee disorder is not related to his military service and denies his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current left knee disorder to his time in service, including any reported injury during active duty for training.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee arthrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2008
- Citation
- 0827597
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Related decisions
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a left knee disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee disorder, and also granted service connection for a pelvis disorder as secondary to his service-connected right knee disorder. The effective date is not specified.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left knee disorder, finding that his current condition is related to an in-service injury and aggravation during inactive duty training.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and consideration of new evidence.
- Denied
The Board has determined that there is no service connection for the claimed residuals of a fall, including left knee, left hip, right shoulder conditions, compression fracture of T-12, and arthritis of the lumbosacral spine. The veteran's conditions are not related to an incident of service or to a service-connected disability.
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