The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a left knee disability as secondary to a service-connected right knee disorder, but denied the claim on de novo review. The claim for an increased rating for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome was also denied.
The deciding factor: The veteran's complaints of left knee pain were findings without pathology and not considered a disability in October 1994. The Board found that the evidence did not support reopening the claim, as it did not provide new and material evidence to consider the merits of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 5, 2002
- Citation
- 0209130
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What this means for you
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to the AOJ for further development and consideration of evidence not previously considered.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right knee, right hip, and lumbar spine disabilities as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability but denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for his left knee disability prior to April 25, 2019.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for right and left knee disabilities and right and left leg pain based on new evidence, but remanded the claims for further development.
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