The Board found that there is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's numbness of the right foot to his service-connected right knee injury, and thus denied the claim for secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence establishing a nexus between the veteran's numbness of the right foot and his service-connected right knee injury.
- Claimed conditions
- numbness of right foot, degenerative joint disease of right knee
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2000
- Citation
- 0015309
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