The Board found that the Veteran's right knee injury did not occur during service and is not related to any incident during service. The arthritis of the right knee was also not manifest within a year of separation from active service, thus precluding presumptive service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of a chronic right knee disorder present until many years after service and it was not related to any incident during service.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1004321
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