The Board has granted service connection for right knee sprain and right knee medial meniscus tear, finding that the Veteran's symptoms were present during service and are related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found credible evidence of complaints of knee pain in service and post-service, with no clear indication of a pre-existing condition or intervening events that would have altered the course of the disease process.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee sprain, right knee medial meniscus tear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19195012
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What this means for you
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