The Board has determined that the veteran's tricompartmental arthritis of the left knee, chronic right ankle disorder, bilateral shoulder disorders, arthritis of the hands, wrists and fingers, and chronic osteomyelitis of the left ankle are all secondary to his service-connected postoperative residuals of right knee fusion.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding that these conditions are related to his service-connected right knee disability due to overuse and infection transmission from the right knee site.
- Claimed conditions
- tricompartmental arthritis of the left knee, chronic right ankle disorder, bilateral shoulder disorders, arthritis of the hands, wrists and fingers, chronic osteomyelitis of the left ankle
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 14, 2001
- Citation
- 0122473
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What this means for you
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