The Veteran's right knee disability, including degenerative joint disease of the right knee, is granted as service-connected. Other conditions are denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection for right knee pain symptoms was established based on continuity of symptomatology and in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Right Knee Disability","diagnosis":"Degenerative Joint Disease"}, {"condition_name":"Arthritis (other than Right Knee)","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Tendonitis","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Left Shoulder Disability","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Right Shoulder Disability","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Left Hand Carpal Tunnel Syndrome","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Right Hand Carpal Tunnel Syndrome","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Right Wrist Disability (other than Carpel Tunnel Syndrome)","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Left Wrist Disability (other than Carpel Tunnel Syndrome)","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Right Hand Disability (other than Carpel Tunnel Syndrome)","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Left Hand Disability (other than Carpel Tunnel Syndrome)","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Low Back Disability","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Cervical Spine Disability","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Left Knee Disability","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Left Ankle Disability","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Right Ankle Disability","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Cyst","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Joint Pains/Painful Joints, Other Than Right Knee","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Tinnitus","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Fatigue","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Malnutrition","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Sinus Disability","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Bronchitis","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Asthma","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Headaches","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Dental Disability","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"Irritable Colon Syndrome (Gastrointestinal Problems)","diagnosis":null}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19178187
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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