The Board found that the Veteran's current right knee disability is not aggravated by his military service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show an in-service aggravation of the Veteran's pre-existing knee condition.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of a right knee injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 31, 2017
- Citation
- 1736509
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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