The Veteran's right knee disability and microscopic hematuria are granted service connection, while the hearing loss is denied a compensable rating and PTSD is denied any increase in rating.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for the Veteran’s right knee disability and microscopic hematuria as they were found to be related to his military service. The hearing loss did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating, and the PTSD was found to warrant only a 30 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (Right Knee), Microscopic Hematuria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18160677
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