The Board granted service connection for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine and bilateral knee degenerative arthritis, finding a medical link between these conditions and the Veteran's active duty service.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in equipoise regarding the nexus between the Veteran's diagnosed conditions and his active duty service, leading to the grant of service connection based on direct causation.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Knee Degenerative Arthritis, Degenerative Disc Disease of the Lumbar Spine (DDD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25094006
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,548 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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