The Board has granted service connection for right knee impairment and dismissed the claim of service connection for bilateral hand arthritis. The decision is based on evidence showing a relationship between current knee impairment and active duty service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion provided established that the Veteran's current right knee impairment was caused by multiple traumatic injuries sustained during his military service, leading to meniscus tears.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee impairment, bilateral hand arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 6, 2023
- Citation
- 23049087
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What this means for you
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- Granted
The Veteran was granted a TDIU effective June 13, 2023. The effective date is fixed at the date of claim (June 13, 2022) as there is no earlier entitlement.
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