The Board has granted service connection for residuals of left knee injuries and scar tissue on the left knee, finding that there is a preponderance of evidence supporting these claims.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on medical opinions linking the current disabilities to service-connected conditions and consistent with the Veteran's lay statements regarding his in-service activities.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of left knee injuries, scar tissue on the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19168980
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension was granted under the PACT Act. Other claims were remanded for further review.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's residuals of left hip, shoulder, and knee injuries due to in-service trauma. The Veteran is also granted a TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board found that there is not enough evidence to support the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and residuals of left knee injuries.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of right and left knee injuries, finding no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
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