The Board has determined that the veteran's right knee disorder is aggravated by his service-connected left knee disorder, and thus grants secondary service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The July 2005 VA examiner concluded that it was at least as likely as not that the right knee disorder was aggravated by the left knee disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disorder (synovial plica of the right knee), chondromalacia patella of left knee
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0606692
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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