The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claim for service connection of a right knee disorder, which is now granted. The low back disorder was also found to be related to service.,Service connection is granted for the Veteran's right hip and left hip disorders as secondary to his service-connected left knee disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran has a current diagnosis of lumbosacral degenerative disc disease, which was present in service and continues today. The VA examiner found no relationship between the Veteran's right knee disorder and his service-connected left knee condition, but the Veteran provided credible testimony regarding continuity of symptoms since service.,The Veteran's daughter, S.W., has been permanently incapable of self-support due to her disabilities since she was 16 years old.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disorder, Low Back Disorder, Right Hip Disorder, Left Hip Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2016
- Citation
- 1607159
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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.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right knee disorder is related to his military service and grants entitlement to service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for a right knee disorder and an initial compensable rating for TBI, as new evidence was received. The effective date for service connection for TBI is being remanded.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right knee disorder is related to his service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for right and left hip disorders due to a pre-decisional error in obtaining an adequate nexus opinion prior to the June 2021 rating decision.
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