The Board has determined that the Veteran's degenerative arthritis of bilateral knees is not service-connected, as there is no evidence to support a link between his military service and the condition.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by VA clinicians did not find an etiological relationship between the Veteran's service and his current degenerative arthritis of the bilateral knees.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of bilateral knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2021
- Citation
- 21022550
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