The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have current diagnoses of DJD of the knees or residuals of a right fifth toe fracture, and thus cannot establish service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of current disabilities related to the claimed conditions in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- DJD of the knees, residuals of a right fifth toe fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2013
- Citation
- 1339859
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for dyslipidemia and has remanded the remaining issues related to spine conditions, joint disorders, hearing loss, tinnitus, hypertension, GERD, prostate cancer, diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy, and psychiatric disorders.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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