The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for right knee strain with degenerative changes secondary to left knee post operative residuals of lateral manisectomy. The claim is now reopened.
The deciding factor: The additional evidence presented by the veteran relates to a nexus between the claimed condition (right knee strain with degenerative changes) and the service-connected left knee disability, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee strain with degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- September 30, 2005
- Citation
- 0526786
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