The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for DJD of the left hip and an initial rating higher than 10 percent for DJD of the right knee. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to his military service or secondary to his service-connected right knee disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish a direct link between the veteran's current hip and knee disabilities and his military service, nor can it be established that they are proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the left hip, DJD of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0627617
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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