The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hand and knee arthritis due to new and material evidence. The Board then found that there is at least a reasonable doubt in favor of service connection, granting these claims.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the additional medical opinions supported by substantial rationale put the issue of service connection into relative equipoise, warranting grant of service connection for bilateral hand and knee arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hand arthritis, bilateral knee arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2018
- Citation
- 1806201
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What this means for you
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