The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for degenerative joint disease of the shoulders, knees, and right first metatarsophalangeal and right first metacarpophalangeal joints due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing an etiological relationship between the veteran's current degenerative joint disease and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Shoulders, Degenerative Joint Disease of the Knees, Degenerative Joint Disease of the Right First Metatarsophalangeal Joint and Right First Metacarpophalangeal Joint
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2007
- Citation
- 0737762
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