Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for right and left knee disabilities, diagnosed as status post total knee replacements, finding no evidence of a medical nexus between the current conditions and his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities were less likely than not related to his military service due to the absence of chronic or progressive clinical documentation for decades after discharge and the natural history of degenerative joint disease.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disability, diagnosed as status post total knee replacement surgery, left knee disability, diagnosed as status post total knee replacement surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- 25013347
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