The Board found no evidence of a bilateral knee disorder or degenerative joint disease of the jaw, cervical spine, lumbar spine, and shoulders that was incurred in service. The veteran's current conditions are not considered to be related to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing that any current knee disorder or degenerative joint diseases were caused by active service or a period of active duty for training.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee disorder, degenerative joint disease of the jaw, degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine, degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, degenerative joint disease of the shoulders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2002
- Citation
- 0214628
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What this means for you
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