The Veteran's claims for service connection for arthritis of the right knee and RSD were denied. The Board found that there is no current diagnosis of arthritis, right knee, and thus cannot grant service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence establishing a current diagnosis of osteoarthritis of the right knee, despite the Veteran's reported history of pain in his right knee during service. The preponderance of the evidence did not support the claim for arthritis of the right knee.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis, right knee, Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2009
- Citation
- 0924422
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