The Board has determined that the Veteran's current bilateral hip and knee disabilities are related to his period of active service, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's current bilateral hip and knee disabilities were related to his period of active service, leading to a grant of service connection based on direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis, right hip, osteoarthritis, left hip, osteoarthritis, right knee, osteoarthritis, left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 23, 2015
- Citation
- 1549322
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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