The Board has determined that the Veteran is entitled to service connection for degenerative joint disease of the right knee, left knee, and Type II diabetes mellitus secondary to his service-connected kidney disease. The claims are granted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's current diagnoses are related to his military service, with no clear negative nexus provided by VA examiners or other providers.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the right knee, Degenerative joint disease of the left knee, Type II diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2015
- Citation
- 1525172
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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
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