The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for DJD of the left knee, status post knee replacement; DJD of the right knee; a hip condition; and an inner head injury (aphasia/possible stroke). The Board found that these conditions were not incurred in or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not indicate that any of the claimed conditions originated in service, manifested to a compensable degree within one year following separation from service, or was otherwise causally related to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the left knee, Hip condition, Inner head injury (aphasia/possible stroke)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0604966
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected DJD of the left knee and left knee lateral instability, from December 15, 2009, to September 5, 2014.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter to obtain a new VA medical opinion regarding the severity of the left knee DJD without the ameliorative effects of medication during the limited appeal period.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection due to duty-to-assist errors, including missing Reserve records and outstanding SSA records.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for DJD and instability of both knees but granted separate 20 percent ratings for dislocated semilunar cartilage in the left and right knees.
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