Granted
The Board granted service connection for right knee and right hip degenerative arthritis, as well as secondary service connection for headaches due to a service-connected traumatic brain injury.
The deciding factor: The October 2025 private medical opinion provided the necessary evidence of a current disability, in-service incurrence or aggravation, and a causal relationship between the Veteran's conditions and his active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee degenerative arthritis, right hip degenerative arthritis, headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25105839
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