The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for synovitis of the right knee and service connection for post-traumatic arthritis of the right hip secondary to his service-connected synovitis of the right knee.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing that the service-connected right knee caused or aggravated the post-traumatic arthritis of the right hip.
- Claimed conditions
- synovitis of the right knee, post-traumatic arthritis of the right hip
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2005
- Citation
- 0504678
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