The Board denied service connection for a back disability, bilateral hip disability, and bilateral knee disability. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder was also denied as not related to service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not support finding that any of these conditions began during active service or were otherwise etiologically related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- back disability (lumbar strain, degenerative joint disease (DJD), lumbar radiculopathy), bilateral hip disability (osteoarthritis of the right and left hip), bilateral knee disability, acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD, mood disorder, anxiety, depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19101089
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure a proper examination and etiology opinion are provided.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for a bilateral knee disability to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, including scheduling an additional VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded for further development and consideration of the Veteran's claims for service connection for various acquired psychiatric disorders.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a bilateral knee disability, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, and chronic pain syndrome due to untimely notices of disagreement.
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