The Board denied service connection for a right knee or leg disability, degenerative joint disease of the right ankle, and degenerative joint disease of the low back. The veteran's assertions were not considered competent evidence to establish a nexus between his current conditions and active service.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence linking any current condition to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee or Leg Disability, Degenerative Joint Disease of the Right Ankle, Degenerative Joint Disease of the Low Back, Drop Foot (Secondary to Service-Connected Lumbosacral Strain)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 16, 2008
- Citation
- 0831662
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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