The Board has granted service connection for bilateral knee osteoarthritis with instability, finding that the Veteran's current condition is due to his military service, specifically running and marching up hills with heavy packs.
The deciding factor: The Board found the Veteran's treating physician's opinion regarding the link between his in-service activities and his current knee conditions to be the most probative evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee osteoarthritis with instability, left knee osteoarthritis with instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2023
- Citation
- A23028683
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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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