The Board has reopened the Veteran's previously denied claim for service connection for right knee arthritis and finds that new and material evidence supports this claim. The Veteran's current right knee condition is found to be related to his military service, including an in-service diagnosis of osteochondritis dessicans. His bilateral hearing loss is also found to be related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the additional evidence received since the September 1979 rating decision establishes a causal relationship between the Veteran's current right knee and bilateral hearing loss conditions and his military service, including in-service diagnoses of osteochondritis dessicans and noise exposure respectively.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee arthritis, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2011
- Citation
- 1113665
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