The Board has determined that the veteran's right knee disability, including degenerative joint disease and a total knee replacement, is at least as likely as not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected left knee disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that it was at least as likely as not that the right knee disability was caused by or aggravated by the service-connected left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disorder, degenerative joint disease, status post right total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 18, 2001
- Citation
- 0122724
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD, diabetes mellitus, type II, migraines, left and right knee disorders, and obstructive sleep apnea due to missing military records and inadequate examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left knee disorders to obtain a new examination that adequately addresses all pertinent evidence of record.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for all service connection and rating issues, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these matters.
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