The Board denied service connection for a right knee disorder, finding that the current degenerative joint disease is not related to the Veteran's pre-existing Osgood-Schlatter's disease from childhood.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran's current right knee disorder is more likely due to age-related changes rather than being aggravated by service or linked to his pre-service condition of Osgood-Schlatter's disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19177052
What this means for you
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