The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a right knee disorder, which is now considered on its merits. The medical opinions suggest that the veteran's service-connected left knee disorder may have aggravated his non-service connected right knee disorder.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions indicate that the veteran's service-connected left knee disorder may have aggravated his non-service-connected right knee disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2003
- Citation
- 0305659
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