The Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral knee disorders are granted, with the right knee disorder being secondary to his service-connected low back disability and compensatory gait. The left knee disorder is also found to be secondary to his service-connected right knee disorder.
The deciding factor: Both knees were injured during active duty, and current diagnoses support a nexus between the Veteran's in-service injuries and his current conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disorder, Left Knee Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19184635
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
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