The veteran's claim for service connection for a left thigh disability, claimed as secondary to his service-connected tender and painful scar of the left knee, was denied because there is no competent medical evidence of any such disability.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence of a left thigh disability either as a result of service or as a disability secondary to a service-connected disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- left thigh disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0010655
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- Granted
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