The Board has granted service connection for left and right knee disabilities manifested by pain, finding that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether these conditions had their onset in service.,Service connection was also granted for chronic heartburn. The Veteran's hypertension claim remains pending.
The deciding factor: The Veteran provided competent lay evidence of continuity of symptoms since service and his statements were credible, leading the Board to find that there is at least equipoise evidence regarding whether the current knee disabilities are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left knee disability manifested by pain, Right knee disability manifested by pain, Chronic heartburn
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20025057
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