The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a neck disability, increased evaluations for his right and left knee disabilities, and an initial evaluation higher than 10 percent for traumatic arthritis of the left knee. The RO granted service connection for traumatic arthritis of the left knee with limitation of motion but assigned a 10 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that there was no nexus between the veteran's neck disability and his military service, nor did it arise from his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"neck disability","status":"claimed"}, {"condition_name":"left knee arthritis and limitation of motion","status":"claimed"}, {"condition_name":"internal derangement of the left knee, status post-operative","status":"claimed"}
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2006
- Citation
- 0602140
What this means for you
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