The Board has granted service connection for arthritis of the bilateral knees and ankles, finding that the Veteran's parachute jumps during military service contributed to his current disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board found a nexus between the Veteran's parachute jumping in service and his current bilateral knee and ankle disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the bilateral knees, arthritis of the bilateral ankles
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19148411
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Decisions by this judge: 1,242 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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