The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for DJD of the knees and determined that new evidence supports this reopening. However, it was not able to establish a link between the current condition and service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's knee problems may have been caused by cold and wet weather during his active service but did not find any direct evidence linking his current DJD of the knees to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the Knees
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2014
- Citation
- 1450002
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What this means for you
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