The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of lacerations to the right upper extremity are proximately due to or the result of his service-connected right knee disabilities, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The veteran sustained a fracture of the right fibula in an automobile accident during service, which resulted in a right knee meniscectomy. His current lacerations to the upper arm are attributed to his right knee instability due to his service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of lacerations to right upper extremity, Degenerative disc disease, spondylosis, and spondylolisthesis of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2001
- Citation
- 0117669
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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