Granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left knee osteoarthritis, finding that the evidence supports a current disability, an in-service injury, and continuity of symptomatology since service.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's competent and credible lay statements, medical records indicating symptoms began more than a year after service, and a private medical opinion linking the conditions to in-service injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee osteoarthritis, left knee osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25011061
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