The Board has determined that the veteran's low back disability is service-connected, but his bilateral knee disability cannot be linked to military service.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of a chronic knee disorder during or within one year after service and no medical expert suggested the current knee condition began in service.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease, with L5-S1 disc bulging, of the lumbosacral spine, degenerative joint disease of the knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0610848
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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