The Board has granted service connection for left knee total arthroplasty as secondary to the veteran's service-connected residuals of fracture of the distal left fibula and ununited fracture of the internal malleolus. Service connection for pain, numbness, and tingling in both feet is denied as not being related to service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's current left knee disorder was secondary to his service-connected residuals of fracture of the distal left fibula and ununited fracture of the internal malleolus, with no evidence suggesting an independent relationship to service or any other condition. The pain, numbness, and tingling in both feet were not found to be related to service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Total Arthroplasty, Pain, Numbness, and Tingling in Both Feet
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 26, 2002
- Citation
- 0210490
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