The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection of a left knee disability and granted it. The evidence shows that the Veteran had symptoms during his active service, which he believes are related to his current condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran provided credible testimony about his in-service symptoms and their continuity since service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee degenerative disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2022
- Citation
- 22006080
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for other specified depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, and increased the ratings for thoracic spine degenerative changes, right knee degenerative disease, left knee degenerative disease, and right shoulder degenerative joint disease.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for left knee degenerative disease, right knee degenerative disease, and right ankle condition due to a need for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to inadequate reasoning in previous decisions and a need for new opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's knee and ankle conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's left knee disability, allergic rhinitis, asthma, and hypertension have been rated appropriately. However, the issues of service connection for diabetes, hearing loss, and TDIU are not resolved due to insufficient evidence.
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