The Board has granted increased ratings of 60 percent for the veteran's service-connected left and right total knee replacements. The claim for service connection for a vascular disability of the left lower extremity is also granted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established that the veteran's vascular disorder was causally related to his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities, meeting the criteria for secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Left total knee replacement, Right total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- May 6, 2004
- Citation
- 0411802
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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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