The Board denied service connection for bilateral osteoarthritis of the hips and knees due to a lack of competent evidence linking these conditions to service.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence showing that the veteran's current diagnoses of bilateral osteoarthritis of the hips and knees were related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral osteoarthritis of the hips, bilateral osteoarthritis of the knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0023793
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- Granted
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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