The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's left knee arthritis as secondary to his service-connected right knee disorder, effective from March 10, 1998. The effective date of the grant of service connection for his right knee disorder was also established based on VA medical evidence within one year prior to the November 30, 1998 claim.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's left knee arthritis is secondary to his service-connected right knee disorder due to aggravation. The effective date of the grant of service connection for the right knee disorder was set based on VA medical evidence within one year prior to the November 30, 1998 claim.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee arthritis, right knee degenerative joint disease with total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2002
- Citation
- 0217932
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) is denied because he does not have a single service-connected disability rated as 100 percent disabling, and his disabilities do not meet the requirements of SMC under this section.
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