Back, right knee and lower leg, left knee and lower leg conditions granted service connection.,Right wrist condition denied service connection.,Bilateral hearing loss denied service connection.,Service connection for right shoulder and arm, left shoulder and arm, left wrist condition, and migraine headaches are pending.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current diagnoses of back, knee, and wrist conditions were found to be related to his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the spine, Derangement of the right knee, Derangement of the left knee, Right wrist condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19106962
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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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for degenerative arthritis of the spine, bilateral neuropathy below the hips, and a skin disability.
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