The Board has granted service connection for bilateral knee arthritis, finding that the Veteran's multiple parachute jumps in service are at least as likely as not related to his current condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in relative equipoise, and the Board affords the Veteran the benefit of the doubt, finding a link between the Veteran's parachute jumps in service and his bilateral knee arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19115177
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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.
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