The Board denied service connection for degenerative joint disease of the knees and miliaria rubra, finding no evidence linking these conditions to service or a service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence showing that the veteran's degenerative joint disease or miliaria rubra were related to his military service or any service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the knees, miliaria rubra
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2005
- Citation
- 0511685
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