I think it's important to give you an idea of what a board member could face in these circumstances.
On any given morning he can have before him an 85-year-old veteran of active force, with nothing more than his service docs that go back 60 years. The next case can be a regular force infantryman who is claiming for chondromalacia patella and has his medical attendance records.The board member can see that he complained that he was treated for his knees over a period of six weeks, six months, or six years, sometimes, and he has the medical opinion of an orthopedic surgeon who supports his claim to the effect that he got his chondromalacia patella during regular force service.
So the board member is faced with a dilemma, in a sense, because in one matter he is afforded an incredibly high-quality level of evidence. But he has to rule on an active-force 85-year-old veteran who can sometimes remember the circumstances of his accident back in 1943 in Italy and there is nothing on file to support or corroborate the occurrence of the accident. So the board member has to exercise an incredible amount of judgment in ascertaining what to do, and he has to decide that morning.