The Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence is against finding that degenerative arthritis of the bilateral knees manifested during a period of active duty for training, and thus service connection cannot be granted.
The deciding factor: There was no in-service injury or disease found to have resulted in degenerative arthritis of the bilateral knees, and the condition did not manifest within one year of separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis of the bilateral knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 13, 2009
- Citation
- 0926066
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