The Board finds that the Veteran's right knee disability is not related to his service, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the current right knee conditions are less likely caused by or related to the claimed in-service injury, event, or illness, including the 1988 active duty injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear, Knee Joint Osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 26, 2017
- Citation
- 1702198
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- Granted
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- Denied
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