The Board has determined that the Veteran's osteoarthritis of cervical spine, lumbar spine, right knee, left knee, and left ankle did not have its onset during service or is otherwise causally related to his active service.
The deciding factor: Multiple VA medical opinions concluded that the Veteran's current osteoarthritis is not causally related to his active service or any incident therein.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis of cervical spine, osteoarthritis of lumbar spine, osteoarthritis of right knee, osteoarthritis of left knee, osteoarthritis of left ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2017
- Citation
- 1731977
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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