The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim and found that new evidence supports a finding of service connection for bilateral knee disability, including Osgood-Schlatter's disease, chronic tendonitis, and arthritis. The decision is based on the aggravation theory.
The deciding factor: The preexisting condition worsened during service due to occupational factors.
- Claimed conditions
- Osgood-Schlatter's disease, patellar tendonitis, bilateral knee arthritis
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2017
- Citation
- 1728869
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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.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right lower leg disability (claimed as right shin splints) due to insufficient evidence linking his current condition to his active service. The Board found that the Veteran did not have a current right leg disability and that any symptoms he experienced were related to bilateral knee arthritis, which is not presumed by VA law.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed because the Board Appeal request was not timely filed within one year of the rating decision, and no good cause for extension was presented.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral knee strain and Osgood-Schlatter's disease, finding that these conditions had their onset during service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for patellar tendonitis of the left and right knees were dismissed due to untimely filings.
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