The Board granted service connection for right and left hip arthritis, right and left knee arthritis, but denied service connection for a right great toe disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a continuity of symptoms related to the chronic disorder of arthritis in the knees and hips, while there is no evidence linking the current right great toe disability to active service.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip pain, left hip pain, right knee pain, left knee pain, right great toe disability, to include residuals of a right great toe injury
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2024
- Citation
- 24032200
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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