The Board has reopened the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for osteoarthritis of the left knee, elbow, and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine with left leg radiculopathy. However, the evidence does not establish a nexus between these conditions and active service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion provided is speculative and cannot legally establish a service connection based on the veteran's statements alone.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis of the left knee, osteoarthritis of the left elbow, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine with left leg radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0020676
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted restoration of a 40% rating for osteoarthritis of the left knee, effective July 1, 2009, and denied an increased rating in excess of 40% for the same condition as well as entitlement to TDIU.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for osteoarthritis of the left knee as a secondary condition to the Veteran's already service-connected left knee disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his lumbar spine herniated nucleus pulposus L3-4 with intervertebral disc syndrome, left knee osteoarthritis, and right knee osteoarthritis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for osteoarthritis of the left knee due to an inadequate medical opinion.
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