The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee disorders and granted them. Service connection was denied previously due to a lack of evidence showing aggravation during service, but new evidence now suggests a possible link between current conditions and service.
The deciding factor: New evidence provided since the last denial indicates a potential link between the Veteran’s current knee conditions and his in-service history of Osgood-Schlatter's disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Osgood-Schlatter's disease, Arthritis of the left knee, Arthritis of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2018
- Citation
- 18135849
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral knee strain and Osgood-Schlatter's disease, finding that these conditions had their onset during service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development and clarification regarding the severity of the Veteran's left knee and right knee disabilities, specifically to determine if the Veteran has experienced 'the functional equivalent of range of motion loss contemplated by the next higher rating' at any point during the appeal period.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, and bilateral tinnitus. The claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral plantar fasciitis was denied. Other claims were either granted or remanded.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a left knee disability and a right knee disability, finding that the Veteran's arthritis of both knees is not related to an injury or disease incurred in active service and has not been caused or aggravated by a service-connected disability.
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