The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's claimed disabilities, including left ankle degenerative arthritis, right knee and left knee degenerative arthritis, right hip trochanteric bursitis, left hip trochanteric bursitis, right shoulder supraspinatus and infraspinatus tendinitis, and left shoulder infraspinatus tendinitis. The Board found that these conditions are related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the Veteran's current right hip condition is less likely as not caused by or a result of his service as a parachutist while on active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle degenerative arthritis, right knee degenerative arthritis, left knee degenerative arthritis, right hip trochanteric bursitis, left hip trochanteric bursitis, right shoulder supraspinatus and infraspinatus tendinitis, left shoulder infraspinatus tendinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19106578
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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee meniscal tear with degenerative arthritis and granted a separate 20 percent rating for right knee instability.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating of more than 20 percent for left ankle degenerative arthritis from February 19, 2024.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis, left and right lower extremity radiculopathies, left and right hip pain, right knee degenerative arthritis, generalized anxiety disorder, and depressive disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left knee degenerative arthritis and a rating of 30 percent for left knee joint instability, while remanding other issues.
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