The Board has granted service connection for a left knee disability, but the Veteran's claim for secondary scoliosis of the spine remains pending and requires additional development.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner will need to determine if the Veteran's current spinal condition is at least as likely as not related to his in-service left knee injury.
- Claimed conditions
- torn cartilage of the left knee with bone spurs and severe arthritis, scoliosis of the spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2010
- Citation
- 1035177
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board denied the veteran's appeal request for service connection claims due to untimeliness and lack of good cause.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for scoliosis of the spine was dismissed, and claims for service connection for a psychiatric disability (PTSD, other than persistent depressive disorder) and Type II diabetes mellitus were denied. Other claims were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected scoliosis of the spine and chronic low back pain are being remanded for further evaluation due to incomplete medical records and a need for a new VA examination.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened, and the Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to support these claims. The Veteran is now entitled to a determination on whether she can establish service connection for her claimed disabilities.
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