The Veteran's right hand, bilateral hip, and bilateral foot disabilities are granted as service-connected.,The Veteran's right knee patellofemoral chondromalacia is granted as service-connected.
The deciding factor: The evidence was approximately evenly balanced in favor of the Veteran regarding his claimed disabilities, leading to a grant of service connection based on direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand disability manifested by pain, right hip disability manifested by pain, left hip disability manifested by pain, right knee patellofemoral chondromalacia, right foot degenerative arthritis, left foot degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- December 11, 2023
- Citation
- 23065486
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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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