The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable evaluation for residuals of left knee medial meniscectomy, service connection for a left total hip replacement as secondary to the service-connected residuals of a left knee medial meniscectomy, and service connection for a left foot disability as secondary to the service-connected residuals of a left knee medial meniscectomy.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the veteran's left hip or left foot disabilities were related to his service-connected left knee condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Medial Meniscectomy, Left Total Hip Replacement, Left Foot Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2000
- Citation
- 0022269
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