The Board is remanding the case to obtain additional medical records and determine if new evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim for service connection of a left knee disorder. The veteran's current left knee condition may be related to his service or a previously service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner will need to review all relevant medical records, including those from the time of the veteran's service and any treatment leading up to his total left knee replacement surgery, in order to determine if there is new evidence that supports reopening the claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2002
- Citation
- 0200137
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