The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of DJD of the right hip or bilateral knees, and thus service connection for these conditions is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing current diagnoses of DJD of the right hip or bilateral knees.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of right hip, Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of bilateral knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2005
- Citation
- 0533563
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection due to new and material evidence submitted since the final March 1980 rating decision. The claims are now remanded for further adjudication.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for right hip and right knee disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support a link between these conditions and military service or a service-connected condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities, including DJD of the knees and degenerative arthritis in both knees, as well as a meniscal tear in the right knee, were denied. The RO assigned separate disability ratings based on the specific conditions.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for a rating in excess of 100 percent for PTSD with residuals of TBI is dismissed. The appeals to reopen claims for service connection for Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of bilateral knees, Ischemic Heart Disease, and Hand Tremors are granted.
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