The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for his service-connected degenerative joint disease of the spine and right knee bursitis were denied.,No specific rating or effective date was assigned in this decision.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the initial ratings assigned to the Veteran's service-connected conditions, nor did it demonstrate that a different outcome would have been manifestly different if CUE had been found.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Spine, Right Knee Bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20010380
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