The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for degenerative joint disease of the dorsal and lumbosacral spine due to new evidence. However, service connection is not granted as there is no direct or secondary link between these conditions and service.
The deciding factor: Newly submitted evidence does not establish a clear nexus between the veteran's current spinal condition and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Dorsal and Lumbosacral Spine, Right Knee Osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2005
- Citation
- 0525759
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