The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for a right knee disability, left ankle instability, and benign prostatic hypertrophy as there was no evidence of chronicity in service or continuity of symptomatology after service. The claim for increased ratings were also denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of chronic right knee chondromalacia during service, and the Veteran's statements regarding onset of symptoms are not sufficient to establish continuity of symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2011
- Citation
- 1116023
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