A contact injury, such as a direct blow to the medial side (inside of knee), or a noncontact injury, such as a hyperextension stress. It is also commonly associated with an ACL tear which occurs with a high level of force and sports injury.
These types of legal fees are deductible as a business-related expense. You can deduct legal expenses incurred in your attempts to produce or collect taxable income as well as legal fees you pay in connection with the determination, collection, or refund of any tax.
If a transaction in which a legal fee is incurred is attributable partly to a deductible business or investment activity and partly to a non-deductible activity, such as personal or capital expenditures, the taxpayer can claim a deduction for the portion of the fees that are deductible.