The Board has granted service connection for right and left hip disabilities, as well as right knee arthritis and lumbar spine degenerative disc disease. The initial rating for right knee arthritis is denied, while the ratings for other conditions are granted with specific limitations.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in equipoise regarding whether the appellant's current hip and knee disabilities were incurred during service, leading to a grant of service connection under the direct theory of entitlement (no presumption or secondary link).
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Disability, Left Hip Disability, Right Knee Arthritis, Left Knee Arthritis (Status Post Meniscectomy), Lumbar Spine Degenerative Disc Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20074133
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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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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