The Board has determined that the Veteran's preexisting left knee condition was aggravated by his active duty service, and thus service connection is granted for posttraumatic degenerative arthritis of the left knee.
The deciding factor: Service aggravation of a preexisting condition can establish service connection when there is evidence of an increase in disability during service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee posttraumatic degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2018
- Citation
- 1804811
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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
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