The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee disability and prostate disorder with erectile dysfunction, finding that there was no evidence of such conditions during his period of active service or within one year following separation.,The veteran's assertions regarding the onset of these conditions were not supported by medical evidence.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current right knee disability and prostate disorder with erectile dysfunction to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disability (status post right knee partial medial and lateral meniscectomy, plica resection, chondroplasty), Prostate Disorder with Erectile Dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2008
- Citation
- 0834126
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