The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed bilateral knee and foot disabilities did not manifest during service or within one year of separation, and there is no evidence linking these conditions to service. As such, service connection for these conditions cannot be established.
The deciding factor: There was no in-service injury or disease related to the knees or feet that resulted in current disability, and arthritis of the knees did not manifest within a year of separation from active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the knees, Corn(s), callouses, hammer toe, and nucleated hyperkeratotic lesions, bilateral feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2014
- Citation
- 1452042
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for degenerative arthritis of the knees is granted as it was incurred in service.
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