The Board granted service connection for right and left knee osteoarthritis, status post total knee replacement surgery, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a chronic disease presumptive service connection for bilateral knee osteoarthritis due to an in-service injury and continuous symptoms since separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee osteoarthritis, status post total knee replacement surgery, left knee osteoarthritis, status post total knee replacement surgery
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2022
- Citation
- 22001855
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection, higher ratings, and earlier effective dates, as well as dismissed his claim for a TDIU.
- Partly granted
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal was remanded for the AOJ to provide the Veteran with notice concerning his right to a hearing under 38 C.F.R. § 3.103(b)(1) and (d)(1).
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