The Board finds that the veteran's bilateral knee disorder, characterized as degenerative joint disease, was incurred in or as a result of his active service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence supports a link between the veteran's current bilateral knee disorder and his active service, including documented complaints of knee pain during service and subsequent diagnosis of degenerative joint disease.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee disorder (degenerative joint disease)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2003
- Citation
- 0333038
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