The Board has granted service connection for right knee disability manifested by pain, left knee degenerative changes, lumbar spondylosis and multilevel discogenic disease, cold injury residuals of the upper extremities (right and left), and cold injury residuals of the lower extremities (right and left).
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's disabilities were related to his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disability manifested by pain, left knee degenerative changes, lumbar spondylosis and multilevel discogenic disease, cold injury residuals of the right upper extremity, cold injury residuals of the left upper extremity, cold injury residuals of the right lower extremity, cold injury residuals of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22064562
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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)
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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