The Board has determined that the Veteran's right knee patellofemoral osteoarthritis is related to his active service and grants entitlement to service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical expert opinion provided evidence in support of a finding that the Veteran's current right knee disability was not caused by or aggravated by any pre-existing condition, including his left knee sprain from service. The Board found the evidence at least in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's right knee patellofemoral osteoarthritis is related to his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellofemoral osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2011
- Citation
- 1135014
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