The Board has determined that the veteran's DJD of the right knee is service-connected, while his DJD of the left knee was not incurred or aggravated during active service.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence established a link between the current DJD in the right knee and an injury noted in service, but no such connection could be made for the left knee.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the bilateral knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2003
- Citation
- 0304627
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral knee disability and gastroesophageal disorder due to inadequate VA examination opinions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral knee and back conditions due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Denied
The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for DJD of the bilateral knees was denied. The Board also remanded his claim for GERD due to an undiagnosed Gulf War illness.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's DJD of the bilateral knees is caused by his service-connected back disability and grants service connection on a secondary basis.
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