The Veteran's low back, right knee, and acquired psychiatric disorders are found to be aggravated by his service-connected left knee disability. The claim for these conditions is therefore granted.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided establish that the Veteran’s current disabilities were at least as likely as not caused or aggravated by his service-connected left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Low Back Disability, Right Knee Disability, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19102519
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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