The Board denied the claims of entitlement to service connection for a right knee disorder and a digestive disorder, as secondary to pain medication prescribed for the right knee disorder. The appellant's right knee disorder was not attributable to service or continuity of symptomatology, and her digestive disorder claim was remanded due to its inextricable intertwining with the right knee disorder.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the appellant did not have a right knee disability incurred in service and denied secondary service connection for her digestive disorder as it was intertwined with her right knee disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lateral meniscus tear with osteochondral of medial femoral condyle, Digestive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1005653
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- Granted
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