The Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left knee disorders, diabetes mellitus, type II with diabetic nephropathy and hypertension, and left ear hearing loss have been granted. Effective dates of October 16, 2014, have been assigned.,An earlier effective date of March 20, 2015, for the grant of service connection for left ear hearing loss has also been granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were supported by medical evidence showing diagnoses and treatment related to the conditions in question. The Board found that these conditions are at least as likely as not related to his military service, leading to a grant of service connection for each condition.,Effective dates were assigned based on when the conditions were shown to have arisen or entitlement was established.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Right Knee Disorder","type_of_disorder":"Osteoarthritis, Patellar Spurring, Medial Meniscal Tear"}, {"condition_name":"Left Knee Disorder","type_of_disorder":"Osteoarthritis, Patellar Spurring"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- March 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19116100
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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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