The Board denied service connection for a bilateral knee disorder as there was no evidence of a chronic disability in service or within the initial post-service year, and no medical evidence linking the current condition to service.
The deciding factor: The record does not support the conclusion that an in-service knee injury resulted in residual impairment given the absence of any chronic knee disability at separation and the long gap between service and the first diagnosis of osteoarthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a bilateral knee injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2009
- Citation
- 0908163
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
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