The Board has determined that the claims for secondary service connection for right foot, right knee and right hip disabilities are not well grounded.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not contain competent medical evidence showing a nexus between the veteran's current right foot, right knee or right hip conditions and his service-connected left knee disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Foot Disorder, Right Knee Disorder, Right Hip Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2000
- Citation
- 0018653
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