The veteran has been granted service connection for PTSD and a right knee condition due to undiagnosed illness resulting from service in Southwest Asia. His low back pain is also rated as 10 percent disabling.
The deciding factor: PTSD was established based on combat experiences, while the right knee condition is attributed to an undiagnosed illness coexisting with diagnosed pathology.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)","diagnosis_basis":"Service connection established"}, {"condition_name":"Right Knee Condition","diagnosis_basis":"Undiagnosed illness resulting from service in Southwest Asia coexisting with diagnosed pathology"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2006
- Citation
- 0619330
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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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