The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a right knee disability, finding that there was no nexus between his current condition and active duty service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no evidence of a chronic injury for service connection purposes and concluded that the Veteran's current right knee disability is not related to an in-service injury or event.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- Not specified
- Citation
- 18100044
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