The Board granted service connection for right and left knee pain, to include as a qualifying chronic disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317, but denied service connection for left lower leg pain.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's knee and lower leg pain were determined to be related to his service due to the Southwest Asia theater of operations exposure, while the left lower leg pain was associated with a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee joint pain, left knee joint pain, left lower leg pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2025
- Citation
- 25007895
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Granted
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