The Board found that the Veteran's degenerative joint disease of the knees did not have its onset during active service or within one year of discharge and is not related to any in-service disease, event, or injury. The Board also determined that it was not caused or aggravated by his service-connected low back strain and/or postoperative bunion of the right little toe.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's knee arthritis did not manifest during active service and there is no evidence linking it to a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2014
- Citation
- 1400513
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