The Board has granted service connection for bilateral ankle and knee disabilities, finding that the veteran's complaints of pain and swelling began during basic training and have persisted since then.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided a nexus opinion linking the current disorders to the veteran's period of active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle arthralgia, left ankle arthralgia, right knee arthralgia, left knee arthralgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2003
- Citation
- 0325178
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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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