Hi i am  mike and had acl mcl reconstruction myself.on jan 6 05  YES your surgeon would of seen degeneration and been able to tell if it was old or new injury. if the acl seemed normal but was completely detatched it would have to been new. it wouldn't look normal if it was old.... that MRI your doc has can tell all and you yourself would of known by the way he walked. you will never walk normal if you injuried ur knee and didn't have it fixed... even after it is fixed there will be signs of it being injuried...

Pam C <prairiedawnc@...> wrote:

Hi all. Hubby just had reconstruction of his ACL, MCL and repair of
his meniscus. He hurt himself at work. WCB cut him off claim saying
that his injury could have been pre-existing. They want clinical
evidence that his injury was new and didn't happen before. Do I
understand correctly that if his injury was old, the surgeon would
have seen degeneration of his meniscus and/or the ligaments? The
surgeon's report -- which WCB has seen -- says that the ACL appeared
normal but was completely detatched. Is this not clinical evidence of
an acute injury? Your ideas would be helpful. Thanks.