The Board granted service connection for bilateral metatarsalgia, right knee arthritis, tinnitus, left knee pain, lumbar spine pain, right hip pain, and left hip pain based on credible lay evidence of in-service onset and continuous symptoms.

The deciding factor: The evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's claimed disabilities had onset during service, and reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the Veteran.

Claimed conditions

Bilateral metatarsalgia, Right knee arthritis, Tinnitus, Left knee disability (manifesting as left knee pain), Lumbar spine disability (manifesting as lumbar spine pain), Right hip disability (manifesting as right hip pain), Left hip disability (manifesting as left hip pain)

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

100%

Decision date

March 5, 2025

Citation

A25020021

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