The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee disabilities and granted them, finding that new evidence received since the September 2004 rating decision raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the Veteran's friends suggests an in-service injury to his knees, which could establish a nexus between current disability and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (Arthritis) of the Right Knee, Degenerative Joint Disease (Arthritis) of the Left Knee
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 29, 2014
- Citation
- 1443397
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's right knee arthritis is currently rated at 30 percent, which covers both the limitation of extension and flexion. The Board found that a higher rating is not warranted as his extension has not been shown to be limited to 30 degrees or more.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for his right knee disability, including arthritis and instability, are being remanded due to the need for additional development of the record.
- Denied
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his right knee arthritis was denied. The issue of service connection for a right foot condition, secondary to the right knee disability, was also denied due to lack of new and material evidence.
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