The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right total knee replacements, finding that there is no evidence of a nexus between his current bilateral knee conditions and any incident of service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran did not have a chronic disease or injury during service, within one year after separation, or due to an in-service event. The medical opinions provided were against a finding of a link between the Veteran's current knee conditions and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- left total knee replacement, right total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22048464
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- Remanded (sent back)
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