The Veteran's left knee degenerative osteoarthritis is found to have started during service and has continued since then, granting the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran regarding his reported onset of left knee pain in 1998 and its continuity without resolution.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee degenerative osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 6, 2024
- Citation
- A24029853
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to an inadequate VA examination, and a new one must be conducted to assess the severity of the Veteran's left knee disability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left knee degenerative osteoarthritis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus, finding the evidence in equipoise.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased evaluation for the Veteran's service-connected left knee degenerative osteoarthritis, finding that the evidence did not support a higher or separate rating under applicable diagnostic codes.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error, specifically failing to obtain an opinion on whether the service-connected right knee disability aggravated the Veteran's left knee degenerative osteoarthritis.
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