The veteran's claims for service connection for schizoaffective disorder, and initial evaluations in excess of 10 percent for degenerative arthritis of the right hip and knee were denied. The effective date claim was also denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence linking the current diagnoses to service or any incident therein.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"schizoaffective disorder"}, {"condition_name":"degenerative arthritis of the right hip"}, {"condition_name":"degenerative arthritis of the right knee"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0628910
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What this means for you
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