The Board found that the veteran's left knee disability and arthritis were not incurred in or aggravated by service, as there was no evidence of such during service and no continuity of symptoms after service. The preponderance of the evidence is against a finding that any current left knee disability had its onset in service.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the veteran did not sustain any specific trauma to her left knee during service, and there was no evidence of chronic left knee disability within one year post-service discharge. The May 2008 VA examination report provided an opinion linking the current left knee disability to a history of chondromalacia in service, which the Board found to be unsupported by credible evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability, arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 18, 2008
- Citation
- 0832051
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