The Board has granted service connection for degenerative joint disease of both knees and arteriosclerotic coronary artery disease, status-post myocardial infarction with coronary artery bypass grafting. Service connection was denied for hiatal hernia with reflux and renal cyst of the left kidney.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided a competent opinion linking current knee and heart disabilities to service, while the evidence did not support a link between the veteran's current hiatal hernia or renal cyst and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of Both Knees, Hiatal Hernia with Reflux, Arteriosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease, Status-Post Myocardial Infarction with Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Renal Cyst of the Left Kidney
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0614917
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