The Board has granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the knees and assigned a 10 percent evaluation effective August 26, 1996. The RO increased the evaluations to 10 percent each knee in June 2000.
The deciding factor: The veteran's bilateral knee disabilities were found to be service-connected based on direct evidence of arthritis following his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis of the knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 23, 2001
- Citation
- 0119116
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board denied the veteran's appeal for timely filing of a Board Appeal request and dismissed the attempted appeals.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims due to incomplete actions and requests for a supplemental statement of the case.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for various conditions, including cervical spine disorder, kidney stone, degenerative arthritis of the knees, and sleep disturbances. The AOJ is instructed to ensure all relevant records are translated and obtain appropriate medical opinions regarding the relationship between these conditions and active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand five issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims for degenerative arthritis of various joints and peripheral neuropathy/radiculopathy. These include shoulder, spine, hip, knee conditions as well as bilateral lower extremity conditions.
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