The Veteran's knee disability is not service-connected, and his initial rating for polyarthralgia/arthritis of feet and hands remains denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no clinical evidence to support a link between the Veteran's current knee condition and service, and concluded that there was no documentation indicating chronicity of symptomatology related to the knees in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Knee Disability, Arthritis in Hands and Feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2016
- Citation
- 1603160
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