The Board has determined that the Veteran's left knee disability is related to his active duty service and grants entitlement to service connection for this condition. The right knee and hypertension claims are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The January 2011 VA examiner found a correlation between the current left knee DJD and incidents during service, while the February 2011 VA examiner concluded it was not medically possible to relate visits in the mid-1980s for minor knee problems to the current extensive DJD. The right knee disability claim requires clarification of dates of ACDUTRA and INACDUTRA, as well as a determination on whether aggravation occurred during these periods or if the condition is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability, right knee disability, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2017
- Citation
- 1701521
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