The Veteran's bilateral knee strain with right knee arthritis is attributable to service and the Board finds in his favor, granting service connection.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence favors granting service connection for a bilateral knee disability due to documented shrapnel wound injury in service, postservice x-ray findings of chronic foreign bodies, and lack of any evidence to the contrary.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee strain, right knee arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1004843
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What this means for you
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