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 left knee disability, which is now considered secondary to his service-connected right knee disability. The Board found that the veteran's current left knee arthritis is related to his service-connected right knee disability.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions discussed in the case suggest a positive relationship between the veteran's service-connected right knee disability and his current left knee disability, which was considered sufficient evidence to reopen the claim and grant service connection for the left knee disability as secondary to the right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 29, 2003
- Citation
- 0325372
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