The Board denied service connection for a bilateral leg disability, including an osteochondroma of the right leg and degenerative joint disease of the knees, as there was no evidence linking these conditions to service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing that any current bilateral leg disorder is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral leg disability, osteochondroma of the right leg, degenerative joint disease of the knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2018
- Citation
- 18159730
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