The Board has granted service connection for a left knee disability and a left foot disability, finding that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether these conditions are causally related to active duty service.,Both the Veteran's left knee and left foot disabilities have been found to be directly related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran sustained an injury during active duty, which resulted in current diagnoses of left knee arthritis and left foot arthralgia. The positive nexus opinions from private clinicians supported this finding.,The evidence did not establish a clear link between the current conditions and service, but the Board found that the preponderance of evidence was in favor of a causal relationship.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Left Knee Arthritis","diagnosis_codes":["OA"]}, {"condition_name":"Left Foot Arthralgia","diagnosis_codes":["Arthralgia","Flat Feet"]}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19184244
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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