Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right knee gout and a rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's right wrist condition, while remanding several other issues related to his knees and instability.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's right knee gout is etiologically related to his service, and there was functional equivalence of unfavorable ankylosis for the right wrist condition.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee gout, degenerative triangular fibrocartilage tear of the right wrist (right wrist condition), left knee strain, right knee strain, left knee extension, right knee extension, left knee instability, right knee instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 23, 2025
- Citation
- 25015189
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