The Veteran's degenerative joint disease of the bilateral knees and numbness of the left hand and fingers were not incurred or aggravated by active service, including as due to in-service herbicide exposure. The Board finds that there is no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a direct link between the Veteran's current degenerative joint disease of the bilateral knees and numbness of the left hand and fingers and his active service, including as due to in-service herbicide exposure. The Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence is against granting these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of Bilateral Knees, Numbness of Left Hand and Fingers
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2015
- Citation
- 1532433
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