The Board has granted service connection for a left knee disorder, finding it to be proximately due to the veteran's service-connected residuals of a right ankle fracture. The Board denied service connection for a left shoulder disorder, concluding that there is no evidence of an in-service injury or disease and no current disability related to active service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by Dr. O. and the VA examiner supported the finding that the veteran's left knee disorder was proximately due to his service-connected right ankle fracture. There were no findings of a left shoulder disorder during active service, and there is insufficient evidence linking any current left shoulder disorder to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left knee disorder (degenerative joint disease), Left shoulder disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2004
- Citation
- 0408541
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What this means for you
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