The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection of a left leg (knee) disorder, a left hip disorder, and chronic tarsal tunnel syndrome as secondary to his service-connected right knee disorder. The veteran is currently rated at 10 percent for neuralgia of the right heel.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence does not support the claims for service connection of these conditions as secondary to the service-connected right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Leg Disorder, Left Hip Disorder, Chronic Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 20, 2004
- Citation
- 0428853
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