The Board has found that the Veteran's current lumbosacral spine and bilateral knee disabilities are related to his military service, including injuries sustained from parachuting duties.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence supports a nexus between the Veteran's in-service parachute jumps and his current chronic low back and bilateral knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic lumbosacral spine disability, Chronic right knee disability, Chronic left knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- January 23, 2013
- Citation
- 1302530
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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