The Board denied reopening the veteran's claim for service connection of a left knee disability and denied increased ratings for degenerative arthritis of the right knee and chondromalacia of the right knee.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted was not new and material to reopen the claim, and the current evaluations are based on direct service connection without any presumption or secondary relationship.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Disorder, Right Knee Degenerative Arthritis, Chondromalacia of the Right Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 17, 2000
- Citation
- 0030201
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