The Board denied the veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 30 percent for his service-connected right knee injury, granted service connection for left knee impairment and left hip impairment, but denied service connection for right hip impairment as secondary to his service-connected right knee.
The deciding factor: The claimant's right hip impairment was not found to be directly related to his service-connected right knee disability or other service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of a service-connected right knee injury, with meniscectomy, left knee disability, left hip disability, right hip impairment
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2004
- Citation
- 0414429
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