The Veteran's appeal for service connection of his right knee strain (previously claimed as a right knee disability) is granted. The Board finds that the preponderance of evidence supports the claim, and thus grants service connection.
The deciding factor: The December 2017 private physician report provided by the Veteran supported the grant of service connection for the right knee strain based on continuity of symptomatology since service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Impingement Syndrome, Lumbar Spine Disability, Chronic Right Hamstring Muscle Strain, Left Lower Extremity Lipoma, Right Knee Strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 26, 2018
- Citation
- 1805408
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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.
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