The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee, ankle, hip, and back disabilities as secondary to his service-connected bilateral heel stress fractures.
The deciding factor: VA examination and medical reports do not support a finding that the veteran's service-connected bilateral heel stress fractures caused or aggravated his nonservice-connected knee, ankle, hip, and back disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee disability, arthritis (knees), bilateral ankle disability, arthritis (ankles), bilateral hip disability, arthritis (hips), back disability, arthritis (back)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2002
- Citation
- 0208679
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for a bilateral knee disability to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, including scheduling an additional VA examination.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a bilateral knee disability, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, and chronic pain syndrome due to untimely notices of disagreement.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right ankle, left ankle, back disability, and other conditions as there is no evidence of a current disability related to the Veteran's military service.
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