The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral knee disability, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability related to his time in service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s current bilateral knee disability is less likely than not due to his time on active duty and noted the long passage of time between the Veteran's discharge and an initial diagnosis for the claimed disorder, which weighs against the Veteran's claim.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee disability, degenerative joint disease (DJD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19161101
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What this means for you
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for chest pain, a gastrointestinal disability, a neck disability, and a bilateral knee disability. The Veteran was also denied a compensable rating for iliotibial band syndrome of the right hip and for right hip limitation of extension.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted an initial disability rating of 40 percent for lumbosacral strain, DJD, from December 17, 1997 to June 3, 2022, and the effective date for service connection for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy was also set at December 17, 1997. However, a higher rating or TDIU was denied.
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