The Board has granted service connection for a right knee disorder but denied service connection for a left knee disorder. The right knee disorder is found to be at least as likely as not caused by the Veteran's service-connected bilateral foot disability. The left knee disorder is found to be less likely than not related to any in-service event or condition.
The deciding factor: The compensation and pension examination reports indicate that only the right knee should be service-connected, with a finding of at least as likely as not caused by the Veteran's service-connected bilateral foot disability. The left knee disorder is found to be more likely due to the Veteran's age and morbid obesity.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee disorder, right knee chondromalacia and tendinopathy, left knee lateral meniscal tear
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2011
- Citation
- 1102650
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