The Board found that the veteran's service-connected below the knee amputation of the right lower extremity does not warrant an evaluation in excess of 40 percent. The claims for secondary service connection for left ankle, bilateral hip, and bilateral knee disabilities were denied as they are not well grounded.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show that any of these additional disabilities were caused by or aggravated by the veteran's service-connected below the knee amputation of the right lower extremity.
- Claimed conditions
- Below the knee amputation of the right lower extremity, Left ankle disability, Bilateral hip disability, Bilateral knee disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- August 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0021553
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- Dismissed
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