The Board denied service connection for a bilateral knee disability, finding that the evidence did not support a causal relationship between the Veteran's current knee disabilities and his active duty or service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record does not show that the Veteran's current left and right knee disabilities were incurred in service or caused by or aggravated by service-connected disabilities, including cold injury residuals and bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Knee Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2024
- Citation
- 24031646
What this means for you
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