The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for secondary service connection of his left knee condition and is now reviewing it. The right knee condition may be aggravating or causing the left knee condition, but this needs to be determined through further examination and medical opinion.
The deciding factor: A recent private physician's statement suggests that the veteran's right knee condition might be affecting his left knee due to compensation effects.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Postoperative Residuals, Left Knee Post-Meniscectomy with Degenerative Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2004
- Citation
- 0433009
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What this means for you
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