The Veteran's left knee condition, including meniscal tear, osteoarthritis, and ligament sprain, is not service-connected.,Her lumbar strain does not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that any current conditions are related to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee meniscal tear, left knee osteoarthritis, Grade I medial collateral ligament sprain of left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19102079
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Decisions by this judge: 3,319 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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