The Board has determined that the Veteran's left knee arthritis is related to a pre-existing condition aggravated by service, and thus grants service connection for this disability.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on aggravation of a pre-existing disorder due to combat-related injury during service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disorder (arthritis)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2014
- Citation
- 1415508
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What this means for you
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