The Board has denied the claim for service connection for bilateral knee DJD, finding no competent and persuasive evidence linking the current disability to military service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical opinion of a nexus between the appellant's diagnosed bilateral knee DJD and any incident of her ACDUTRA.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee degenerative joint disease (DJD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0607264
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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