The Board has granted secondary service connection for the veteran's left foot, heel, and ankle disabilities as these conditions are proximately due to or the result of his service-connected residuals of a left knee injury with calf atrophy.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's service-connected residuals of a left knee injury with calf atrophy caused him to develop chronic left foot, left heel, and left ankle disabilities, which were considered secondary to this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Foot, Heel, Ankle
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2001
- Citation
- 0117580
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