The Board has determined that the Veteran's degenerative joint disease of the bilateral hips, knees, and lumbar spine is not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish a nexus between the current diagnoses and the Veteran's military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of bilateral hips, Degenerative joint disease of bilateral knees, Degenerative joint disease of lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0925878
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