The Board has determined that the Veteran's left knee patellar tendinitis, right knee osteoarthritis, and left shoulder osteoarthritis are related to his military service. As a result, the claims for these disabilities have been granted.
The deciding factor: The physical evaluation board findings show that active service caused a permanent aggravation of the Veteran's preexisting disabilities, which were all noted to have onset in December 2008.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee patellar tendinitis with retropatellar pain syndrome, right knee osteoarthritis, left shoulder osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2014
- Citation
- 1456077
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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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