The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee disorders, finding no evidence of in-service injury or disease that would support a grant of service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners' opinions did not establish a link between the current bilateral knee disabilities and active service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee meniscal chondrocalcinosis, right knee synovial osteochondromatosis, bilateral knee strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2022
- Citation
- 22018017
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