The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a left knee strain, finding that there was insufficient evidence to establish a link between his current condition and his period of active duty service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided did not find a nexus between the Veteran’s current left knee condition and his in-service injury or exposure, as noted at separation examination.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a left knee strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2020
- Citation
- 20067671
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Decisions by this judge: 2,035 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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