The Veteran's current diagnoses include bilateral osteoarthritis of the knees and degenerative joint disease of the back. The Board granted service connection for these conditions based on direct evidence showing a chronic condition in service.,Service connection was denied for the Veteran's claimed back disability due to lack of evidence of chronic symptoms during or within one year after service separation.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no chronic symptoms of degenerative joint disease of the back during service and did not find any continuity of symptoms since service separation.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral osteoarthritis of the knees, degenerative joint disease of the back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 2, 2014
- Citation
- 1438899
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral osteoarthritis of the knees, finding that symptoms were chronic in service and continuous since service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral osteoarthritis of the knees, finding that the Veteran's currently diagnosed condition is related to her military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral osteoarthritis of the knees, finding that the evidence is approximately evenly balanced as to whether this condition began during active service.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for degenerative joint disease of his neck, back, left upper arm joint, left knee, and right knee. The evidence does not establish a link between these conditions and active service.
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