The Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of left and right knee strains have been granted by a December 2011 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The December 2011 rating decision granted the Veteran's claims based on evidence that established service connection for his claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee ligament strain, right knee ligament strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2012
- Citation
- 1214527
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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.
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