The Board has granted service connection for a right knee disability and a low back disability, but denied service connection for heart condition and liver condition. The decision on the left knee disability is pending readjudication.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's current right knee disability was less likely than not aggravated by his in-service injury, while the private physician provided a positive nexus opinion based on the Veteran's lay statements of continued symptoms since service.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee, left knee, heart condition, liver condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2019
- Citation
- A19001702
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a liver condition, finding it to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected depressive disorder.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to address whether the Appellant's heart condition had onset during his period of ACDUTRA service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for cervical spine condition, diabetes mellitus, heart condition, lumbar spine condition, and urinary frequency and voiding condition as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis or in-service incurrence or aggravation.
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