The Veteran's degenerative joint disease of the bilateral knees is found to be related to his military service, and service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's continuous symptoms of knee pain since service are considered sufficient to establish a nexus between his in-service activities and current disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the bilateral knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19185338
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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