The Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disability is granted, and his hearing loss disability is remanded for further evaluation.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the Veteran's claim of in-service injury leading to current bilateral knee arthritis. The hearing loss issue requires a new examination to assess its current severity.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2018
- Citation
- 1800006
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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
The appeal regarding service connection for multiple conditions has been withdrawn by the Veteran.
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