The Veteran's service connection claims for left and right knee disabilities, as well as limited flexion and extension issues, were granted with effective dates of December 15, 2019.
The deciding factor: The claim was reopened on new evidence submitted by the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee degenerative arthritis with limited and painful extension, right knee degenerative arthritis with limited and painful extension, left knee degenerative arthritis with limited flexion, right knee degenerative arthritis with limited flexion
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 9, 2026
- Citation
- A26011855
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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