The Board denied service connection for bilateral knee degenerative arthritis, finding that the Veteran's current condition was not incurred or caused by his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no evidence of a chronic disability in service and concluded that the current arthritis is more likely related to the Veteran's post-service gunshot wound and obesity.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19194156
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What this means for you
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