The Board has granted service connection for bilateral knee disabilities and anxiety/depression. The Veteran's current diagnoses are related to his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability is at least as likely as not caused by his service, including his service-connected back and knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral chondromalacia patella, anxiety/depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22027800
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to a lack of VA examinations and medical opinions, as well as potential legal errors in previous decisions. The Veteran will have an opportunity to request another hearing or present additional evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claims for various conditions as additional medical evidence is needed to properly adjudicate the cases.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an anxiety/depression condition and a 40 percent rating for the lumbosacral strain, while remanding the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
- Granted
The Board granted the appellant's eligibility for direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded from a March 2024 rating decision that granted service connection for anxiety/depression, left wrist, rhinitis, and tinnitus disabilities.
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