The Board has determined that the veteran's current arthritis of the knees resulted from an in-service injury and granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the veteran's claim, including a statement from a flight surgeon supporting his testimony and opinions from medical providers linking the in-service knee injury to the development of bilateral knee osteoarthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the knees, arthritis of the lumbar spine, arthritis of the hips, arthritis of the wrists
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2001
- Citation
- 0121272
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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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- Denied
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- Denied
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