The Board denied service connection for a left knee disability, to include arthritis, as the evidence does not support a finding that it is related to active service or secondary to service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The most persuasive evidence of record shows no in-service onset of a left knee disability and no direct relationship between the Veteran's left knee disability and his service-connected right knee disability or right fibula fracture with ankle pain.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability (arthritis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2025
- Citation
- 25003698
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 845 · Granted: 39% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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