The Board granted service connection for left and right knee osteoarthritis with total knee replacements based on the Veteran's credible reports of pain onset during boot camp in 1977, which continued throughout and after service.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran's bilateral knee disorders started during service and have continued since, as he is competent to report an onset of pain and continuity of symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee osteoarthritis with a total knee replacement, right knee osteoarthritis with a total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 4, 2024
- Citation
- A24071260
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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