The Board has determined that the veteran's arthritis of the bilateral knees is due to an injury sustained during service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding that the veteran's current arthritis of the knees is related to an in-service injury, which satisfies the direct service connection theory.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the bilateral knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0606326
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for arthritis of the cervical spine, bilateral knees, bilateral elbows, and bilateral shoulders to obtain new VA medical opinions that adequately address whether these conditions are related to military service or aggravated by service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for arthritis of the bilateral knees, a bilateral foot disability (plantar fasciitis and pes planus, Achilles tendonitis), and a neurological disability of the lower extremities (radiculopathy) as there was no evidence to support the existence of current disabilities related to these conditions.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and related peripheral neuropathies of the upper and lower extremities, as well as arthritis of the bilateral knees, were denied. The Board found no evidence to support a finding that these conditions are related to service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for arthritis of the right and left knees and ankles, finding that these conditions had their onset during the Veteran's active service.
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