The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee disability, finding that it was not incurred or aggravated by active duty service and is not proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion found no link between the left femur fracture residuals and the current right knee disability, and concluded that the Veteran's gait abnormality from the femur fracture did not affect the right knee.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee osteoarthritis status post total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2020
- Citation
- 20037077
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