The Board has granted service connection for degenerative joint disease of the right knee and denied service connection for a mid-back disability. The veteran's right knee is currently rated at 20 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support service connection for a mid-back disability, but established that the veteran had a current diagnosis of degenerative joint disease of the right knee warranting a 20 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- mid-back disability, right wrist arthritis, degenerative joint disease of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- September 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0630421
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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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