The Board finds that the Veteran's current bilateral knee arthritis did not manifest during active service or within one year of separation, and there is no evidence linking his current condition to service. The preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding of service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no in-service event or injury related to the knees, and the Veteran's arthritis did not manifest until more than two decades after service discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2014
- Citation
- 1446566
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