The Veteran's claims for service connection for lumbosacral strain, right knee disability, and left knee disability are all granted. The claim for a lower back disability is also granted as it relates to natural aging rather than military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s current back condition was due to natural aging and typical of someone his age, but Dr. E. E., the Veteran's treating physician, opined that the Veteran's lower back disability started in service based on the history provided by the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"lumbosacral strain","additional_conditions":[]}, {"condition_name":"lower back disability","additional_conditions":[]}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19127020
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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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