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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