The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral knee disorder is related to his active service, and therefore grants service connection for this condition. The low back disorder claim is also granted as the evidence is in equipoise regarding its relationship to service.
The deciding factor: The April 2010 private opinion provided by Dr. N.V., a medical doctor who had treated the Veteran for over two decades, found that it was at least as likely as not that the Veteran's current bilateral knee disorder was related to his military service. The Board finds this opinion more probative than the June 2006 VA examiner's opinion and resolves all doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Knee Disorder, Low Back Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1025376
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