The Board finds that the veteran's low back degenerative joint disease is due to an injury sustained in service, and his bilateral knee disorder does not have a direct link to service.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports finding that the current low back condition is related to an in-service fall, while there is no credible evidence linking the current bilateral knee disorders to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back degenerative joint disease, Bilateral knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0639679
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