The Board found no evidence of a nexus between the veteran's current knee disorders and service, nor any connection to herbicide exposure. The claim for PTSD was denied as well.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient medical evidence linking the veteran's current knee conditions or PTSD to his military service or herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee disorder, degenerative joint disease of the bilateral knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0016808
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What this means for you
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