The Board denied service connection for degenerative joint disease of the left knee, right knee, and left hip disability as they are not related to active duty service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show chronic or continuous symptoms since service that would trigger presumptive service connection provisions. The current conditions were found to be due to aging, obesity, and unrelated to any service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Left Knee, Degenerative Joint Disease of the Right Knee, Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head (Left Hip Disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2021
- Citation
- 21061281
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- Remanded (sent back)
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