The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for groin injury, right knee disability, and left knee disability as there is no evidence of a current disability related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that DJD of the right and left knees did not result from or aggravated by service, and there was insufficient evidence in the STRs to indicate any trauma resulting in premature degenerative disease.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a groin injury, degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the right knee, degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 4, 2014
- Citation
- 1434533
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety disorder, and left ear hearing loss. Other claims were denied or remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's ED is related to his service-connected conditions, specifically chondromalacia of the right knee and degenerative joint disease of the left knee.
- Granted
The Board has granted earlier effective dates of February 22, 2017 for both the TDIU and DEA benefits based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
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