The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a right knee injury, as the most probative evidence showed that arthritis in the right knee was first diagnosed approximately 34 years after his military service ended and is unrelated to his service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the degenerative arthritis in the right knee is less likely than not caused by or a result of an inservice event, injury, or disease due to the lack of documentation of a right knee injury in the service treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right knee injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0908779
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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