The Board has granted service connection for traumatic arthritis of the knees, but denied service connection for traumatic arthritis of the ankles.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's complaints of bilateral knee and ankle pain could not have been caused by his duties in Vietnam that required many jumps out of hovering helicopters because he did not have any issues with his knees or ankles until 2003.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic arthritis of the knees, traumatic arthritis of the ankles
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0831504
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's traumatic arthritis of the knees with meniscal and anterior lateral cruciate ligament tears and a Baker's cyst is granted as service connected, with all reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the claimant.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development including a VA examination to determine if any current hip or back disability is related to service. The Veteran's claim for service connection remains in dispute.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected disabilities contributed substantially or materially to cause his death, and therefore grants service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim for service connection for traumatic arthritis of the knees and ankles is being remanded due to a need for further development, including a VA examination.
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