The Board has determined that the Veteran's current diagnoses of right hip, right knee, left knee, and lumbar spine disabilities are not related to his period of active duty for training (ACDUTRA) in 1968. The preponderance of evidence does not support a finding that these conditions were incurred or aggravated during service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's current right hip, bilateral knee, and lumbar spine disabilities are less likely as not related to the remote injury that occurred during service in 1968. The examiner noted that the injuries occurred 41 years ago and there is no medical evidence linking these conditions to his ACDUTRA.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the right knee, degenerative arthritis of the right hip, degenerative arthritis of the left knee, degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2017
- Citation
- 1722062
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