The Board found that the veteran's bilateral knee degenerative joint disease was not incurred in or aggravated by his military service and may not be presumed to have been incurred therein.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of any complaints, treatment, or diagnoses pertinent to the knees during service. The current bilateral knee disorder is not related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0603471
What this means for you
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