The Board has denied the veteran's claims for secondary service connection for a right knee disorder and an increased rating for residuals of fracture of the left femur with shortening of the left lower extremity.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not find that the right knee disorder or left hip disorder is causally related to the service-connected left femur fracture, thus denying secondary service connection. The combined rating for residuals of fracture of the left femur was also denied as there were no separate ratings assigned for the left knee and left hip disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee disorder, Left hip disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2001
- Citation
- 0118259
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