The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a right leg disability manifested by pain, finding that there is no current disability of the right leg other than his already service-connected right knee disorder.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence showing a separate and distinct right leg disability from the veteran's service-connected right knee disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Right leg pain, Degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, Degenerative disc disease of the thoracic spine, Degenerative joint disease of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 29, 2004
- Citation
- 0402645
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Granted
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