The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left knee tricompartmental osteoarthritis, finding that there was no evidence of a bilateral knee condition during active service as well as after discharge until 2019.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not persuasively weigh in favor of a finding that the Veteran's current bilateral knee disabilities first manifested during active service or within one year of service discharge, or that there is otherwise a nexus between the Veteran's current bilateral knee disabilities and his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee tricompartmental osteoarthritis, left knee tricompartmental osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017386
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