The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 are well grounded, but his secondary service connection claims have not been substantiated by evidence of a plausible claim.
The deciding factor: The veteran's right knee disorder and lumbosacral spine condition were found to be related to his service-connected right foot injury with arthritis of the right ankle.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of Total Left Knee Replacement, Right Knee Disorder, to include Arthritis, Arthritis of Lumbosacral Spine, to include Radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2000
- Citation
- 0010250
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment prior to February 10, 2015. Effective May 29, 2013, the Veteran was granted SMC based on his left knee disability.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's degenerative joint disease of the right knee and residuals of a total left knee replacement are related to his active duty service, granting service connection for these conditions.
- Denied
The veteran's combined service-connected disabilities do not meet the minimum schedular criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
- Denied
The Board found that the appellant's right knee does not have chronic residuals consisting of severe painful motion or weakness, and thus denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for his service-connected residuals of total right knee replacement.
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