The Veteran's left knee disorder, back disorder, and right knee disorder have been granted service connection. The psychiatric disorder has not been found to be related to active duty service.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the grant of service connection for the left knee, back, and right knee disorders based on direct relationship to service. Service connection was denied for the acquired psychiatric disorder as it is not shown to have a nexus with service or any other basis for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Disorder, Back Disorder, Right Knee Disorder, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (Posttraumatic-Stress Disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 15, 2018
- Citation
- 1809739
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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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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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