The Board has granted service connection for a right knee disorder and awarded a 20 percent rating for the Veteran's lumbar spine disorder, effective from February 9, 2017. The decision also denied an increased rating for the lumbar spine disorder prior to that date.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported by the Board included testimony from the Veteran regarding his in-service parachute jumps and subsequent knee pain, as well as VA and private treatment records indicating a current diagnosis of right knee degenerative joint disease. The Board found the February 2017 VA opinion relying on the absence of documentation of treatment to be flawed and instead considered the Veteran's testimony credible.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disorder, Lumbar Spine Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2018
- Citation
- 18118600
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right knee disorder is related to his military service and grants entitlement to service connection.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for a right knee disorder and an initial compensable rating for TBI, as new evidence was received. The effective date for service connection for TBI is being remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right knee disorder is related to his service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for right and left hip disorders due to a pre-decisional error in obtaining an adequate nexus opinion prior to the June 2021 rating decision.
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