The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted.,The Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine has been granted.,The Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for cervical spine with intervertebral disc syndrome has been granted.,The Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for right ankle degenerative arthritis has been granted.,The Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for left ankle degenerative arthritis has been granted.,The Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for right knee degenerative arthritis has been granted.,The Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for left knee degenerative arthritis has been granted.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received since the November 1997 decision, which denied service connection for cervical, thoracic, and lumbar strains, right shoulder injury, and torn right cornea.,The evidence is at least in equipoise that the Veteran began experiencing symptoms of degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine in service, that have continued to the present.,The evidence is at least in equipoise that the Veteran began experiencing symptoms of cervical spine with intervertebral disc syndrome in service, that have continued to the present.,The evidence is at least in equipoise that the Veteran began experiencing symptoms of right ankle degenerative arthritis in service, that have continued to the present.,The evidence is at least in equipoise that the Veteran began experiencing symptoms of left ankle degenerative arthritis with intervertebral disc syndrome in service, that have continued to the present.,The evidence is at least in equipoise that the Veteran began experiencing symptoms of right knee degenerative arthritis in service, that have continued to the present.,The evidence is at least in equipoise that the Veteran began experiencing symptoms of left knee degenerative arthritis in service, that have continued to the present.
- Claimed conditions
- eye disability, neck disability, back disability, right shoulder injury, degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine, degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine with intervertebral disc syndrome, right ankle degenerative arthritis, left ankle degenerative arthritis, right knee degenerative arthritis, left knee degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2022
- Citation
- 22026712
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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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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right knee disability, left knee arthritis, and bilateral knee instability. The decision is based on the Veteran's competent and credible lay evidence regarding the onset of symptoms in service.
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