The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection of a left knee disorder as secondary to his right knee arthritis and also denied his claim for an increased rating for his right knee arthritis.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding that the veteran's left knee disorder is related to his service-connected right knee arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Disorder, Right Knee Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 1, 2000
- Citation
- 0002531
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What this means for you
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