The Board has granted service connection for a left knee disability and a mood disorder on the bipolar spectrum, finding that both conditions are attributable to service.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions provided by VA examiners supported the Veteran's claims of in-service onset and current diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability (patellofemoral pain syndrome), psychiatric disorder (bipolar mood disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2018
- Citation
- 1826584
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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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