The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for blood clots in his right leg and left knee disability, finding that these conditions are secondary to his service-connected right knee disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found a causal relationship between the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability and his current blood clot condition and left knee disability based on medical literature linking airborne operations during service to degenerative joint disease of the knees.
- Claimed conditions
- Blood clots in the right leg, Left knee disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19186894
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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