The Veteran's osteoarthritis of the bilateral knees is related to service and has been granted as a result.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided by the Veteran's treating physician supported the claim, linking his current diagnosis to his in-service duties of carrying heavy equipment and jumping from helicopters while in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis of the bilateral knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2021
- Citation
- 21076000
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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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