The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral knee disorder, prostate disorder (claimed as prostatitis), and gastrointestinal disorder (claimed as gastroesophageal reflux disease) are granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection is established for a bilateral knee disorder due to evidence showing it was incurred during active service. The other two conditions do not meet the criteria for direct service connection, but were found to be related to service based on medical findings and opinions provided by VA and private physicians.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Knee Disorder, Prostate Disorder (claimed as Prostatitis), Gastrointestinal Disorder (claimed as Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, or GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2003
- Citation
- 0331738
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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.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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