The Board has determined that there is no evidence to support a finding of service connection for the Veteran's right knee disability, either on a direct basis or as secondary to his service-connected left knee disability.
The deciding factor: There was no in-service injury or disease related to the right knee and no chronicity of symptoms following service. The Board found that the current right knee arthralgia is not linked to service or any service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Arthralgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2018
- Citation
- 1815209
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