The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for arthritis of the spine and knees. The RO also denied his claim for a higher disability rating for his bladder cancer condition. The case is remanded for further action on the increased rating claim.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the January 1989 denial did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims for service connection and was thus not new and material.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the spine, arthritis of the right knee, arthritis of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1003019
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to their death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for arthritis of the right and left knees, finding that it is at least as likely as not that these conditions developed due to the Veteran's active military service.,No new evidence or exposure basis was provided in this decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's right knee disability, including arthritis and patellofemoral syndrome. The examiner is asked to provide an opinion on whether these conditions are related to service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chondromalacia patella, patellofemoral crepitus, and arthritis of the left knee. Service connection for a left knee meniscal tear is denied.
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