The Veteran's service connection claim for degenerative arthritis of the knees is granted as it was incurred in service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran reported knee pain shortly after service and this has been ongoing until diagnosed with arthritis, which supports a finding that his current condition is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19116375
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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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