The Board has denied service connection for a right knee condition and a right hand condition, finding that the current disabilities are not related to active military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show an in-service injury or disease that caused the current disability, and there is no continuity of symptomatology since service. The Veteran's STRs were silent for any diagnosis or complaints related to his right knee or hand conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Arthralgia, Right Hand Early Osteoarthrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2024
- Citation
- 24032141
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 134 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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