The Board has determined that the RO's decision to sever service connection for DJD of the knees was improper, and thus service connection is restored.
The deciding factor: The initial grant of service connection for DJD of the knees was based on direct evidence rather than fraud or lack of requisite service or character of discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the Knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 16, 2005
- Citation
- 0513095
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