The Veteran's right knee patellofemoral dysfunction was not incurred or aggravated in active military service, and is not secondary to the Veteran's service connected left knee tendinitis.
The deciding factor: VA examination found no link between the Veteran's right knee condition and his service-connected left knee condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee tendinitis, right knee patellofemoral dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2009
- Citation
- 0939221
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- Remanded (sent back)
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