The Board has determined that there is no evidence of a relationship between the Veteran's period of military service and his current bilateral lower extremity edema, arthritis of both knees and hips, post-operative degenerative joint and disc disease of the lumbar spine, post-operative cervical spine disorder, right arm disorder, or residuals of a head injury. The claims are therefore denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service treatment records do not show any in-service injuries related to his current conditions. Additionally, there is no evidence of continuity of symptomatology since active duty and the medical opinions provided indicate that none of these conditions are related to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral lower extremity edema and/or arthritis of both knees and hips, Post-operative degenerative joint and disc disease of the lumbar spine, Post-operative cervical spine disorder, Right arm disorder, Residuals of a head and/or brain injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2009
- Citation
- 0940027
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