The Veteran's claims for service connection for right knee disability, left knee disability, acquired psychiatric disability (major depression disorder), fibromyalgia, and arthritis have been granted. The claim for service connection for the left knee condition is remanded, as well as the claim for a thoracolumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current diagnoses of right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome and osteoarthritis, acquired psychiatric disorder (major depression disorder), fibromyalgia, and arthritis are found to be related to her military service based on her long history of symptoms since service.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Right Knee Disability","claimed_conditions":["Patellofemoral pain syndrome","Osteoarthritis"]}, {"condition_name":"Acquired Psychiatric Disability","claimed_conditions":["Major Depression Disorder"]}, {"condition_name":"Fibromyalgia"}, {"condition_name":"Arthritis"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20005383
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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