The Board has granted service connection for bilateral knee and hip degenerative joint disease, finding that the Veteran's arthritis was manifest within one year of his separation from active duty.
The deciding factor: Service connection is established as the Veteran had more than 90 days of continuous active duty service, was diagnosed with bilateral knee and hip arthritis within a year of his discharge, and there is no affirmative evidence to rebut the presumption that his arthritis was incurred during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Knee Degenerative Joint Disease, Bilateral Hip Degenerative Joint Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2014
- Citation
- 1445388
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What this means for you
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee disability and bilateral hip degenerative joint disease is granted. The low back disability issue remains pending.
- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeals to establish clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the June 1997 and July 2007 RO rating decisions that denied service connection for right shoulder degenerative joint disease and bilateral knee degenerative joint disease, respectively. The claims were based on direct service connection without any presumption or secondary relationship.
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