The Board has determined that there is no evidence to support the veteran's claims of service connection for arthritis of the right knee, left knee disability, ankle disability, or ankylosing spondylitis of the lumbar spine. The preponderance of the evidence does not establish a link between these conditions and military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no objective clinical evidence of any current disabilities related to service, and there is no medical evidence linking the veteran's current diagnoses to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the right knee, ankle disability, ankylosing spondylitis of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2007
- Citation
- 0718754
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's ankylosing spondylitis of the lumbar spine is related to service and grants service connection for this condition.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for arthritis of the right and left knees, finding that it is at least as likely as not that these conditions developed due to the Veteran's active military service.,No new evidence or exposure basis was provided in this decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional examinations to determine if any of his claimed disabilities are related to service. The issues include neck, low back, hip, knee, ankle, foot, joint pain, sleep condition, lung, gastrointestinal, and psychiatric disorders.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's right knee disability, including arthritis and patellofemoral syndrome. The examiner is asked to provide an opinion on whether these conditions are related to service.
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