The Board denied service connection for arthritis of the knees, finding that it was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and is not proximately due to a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: Degenerative arthritis of the knees has not been shown to be related to the veteran's prior period of service or his service-connected right ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the Knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2001
- Citation
- 0124907
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