The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for DJD of the bilateral knees was denied. The Board also remanded his claim for GERD due to an undiagnosed Gulf War illness.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a direct relationship between the claimed conditions and active service, or that they were related to any in-service injury or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the bilateral knees, Gastroesophageal Disorder (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19150422
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