The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left knee disorder, finding no evidence of a current disability in service or within one year after separation from service. The Board also found that any arthritis is not related to an in-service boxing injury and concluded that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions were against a nexus between the current left knee disorder and service, with the most probative evidence being the VA examiner's opinion which found no relationship between the current condition and service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee joint osteoarthritis, status post left knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2021
- Citation
- 21000308
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- Denied
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