The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left knee, degenerative joint disease as there was no credible evidence linking her current condition to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s left knee condition is not due to service and noted inconsistencies in her statements regarding the onset of symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee, degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19151387
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