The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right knee degenerative disease and lower back degenerative arthritis with neural foraminal narrowing, finding that there is no evidence of a nexus between these conditions and service or any other service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran's current right knee and lower back disabilities are not related to his military service and denied secondary service connection as well.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee degenerative disease, lower back degenerative arthritis with neural foraminal narrowing
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2024
- Citation
- 24006502
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