The Board finds that the veteran's claims for service connection for osteoarthritis of the knees and hips are not well-grounded.,For her knee conditions, there is no current diagnosis of osteoarthritis. The hip condition has been diagnosed but there is no medical evidence linking it to service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims for osteoarthritis of the knees and hips are not well-grounded due to lack of current diagnoses and insufficient medical evidence linking these conditions to service or service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteoarthritis of the Knees, Osteoarthritis of the Hips
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0011174
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