The Board has determined that the Veteran's current right knee disability, diagnosed as degenerative arthritis, is related to her active service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on a finding of chronic bilateral knee pain during service, which led to arthroscopy with debridement in 2001. The Veteran's current right knee disability is considered to be related to her period of active service.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis, right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- February 1, 2016
- Citation
- 1603156
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- Granted
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