The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for right below knee amputation and is granting it. The issues of secondary service connection for left knee, ankle, hip, and low back disorders are also being granted.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the veteran supports a finding that his current conditions are related to his service-connected right below knee amputation.
- Claimed conditions
- right below knee amputation
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2001
- Citation
- 0125085
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for hypertension, COPD, diabetes mellitus type II, diabetic neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities, OSA, left and right below knee amputations, bilateral lower extremity scars, and CAD as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.
- Granted
The Board has granted effective dates of January 7, 2016 for the awards of service connection for various conditions including diabetes mellitus and its manifestations, kidney failure, bilateral lower extremity amputations, and CHF.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's right below knee amputation was granted compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151, but his claim for right foot pain (callous) was denied as it did not result in an additional disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to perform the basic functions of self-care and are as helpless due to his service-connected conditions, necessitating regular aid and attendance.
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