The Board has reopened the veteran's claims of service connection for a right knee disorder and left arm and hand disorders, but finds that new evidence does not establish a direct causal relationship between these conditions and his military service.
The deciding factor: New evidence shows an increase in severity of the veteran's pre-existing left arm and hand disability during service, which is considered aggravation rather than causation.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disorder, Left Arm Disorder, Heart Disability
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2000
- Citation
- 0012110
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What this means for you
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