The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee disorders and Meniere's disease. The new evidence supports a finding that these conditions are related to military service.,Service connection is granted for a heart condition.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence shows a link between the Veteran's current knee and heart conditions and his military service, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disorder, Left Knee Disorder, Meniere's Disease, Heart Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2009
- Citation
- 0930368
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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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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's appeal for a higher initial rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded issues related to service connection for knee and lumbar spine disorders.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal requests for both increased disability rating and service connection were dismissed due to untimely filing.
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