The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of right and left knee injuries due to lack of new and relevant evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and relevant evidence was submitted that could support a grant of service connection for the Veteran's knee injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right knee injury, residuals of left knee injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2020
- Citation
- A20018030
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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