The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's bilateral foot, hip, knee, and lower extremity radiculopathy disabilities, as well as his low back disability. These conditions are deemed to have originated during active duty.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran reported injuries consistent with a fall in service and has had these conditions since then, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot osteoarthritis, right foot degenerative arthritis, right hip osteoarthritis, left hip pain and limited range of motion, left knee strain (including meniscal degeneration and chondromalacia), right knee chondromalacia, L3-L4 disc protrusion, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 25, 2024
- Citation
- A24041128
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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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