The Veteran's claim for service connection for left knee stiffness has been granted. The restoration of a 20 percent rating for service-connected hemorrhoids from February 1, 2014 to September 25, 2015 is also granted. The remaining issues are remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's competent and credible sworn testimony regarding her knee stiffness beginning in service and continuing since then.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee stiffness, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral leg cramps
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18143126
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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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