The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's right knee disorder as secondary to his service-connected left knee arthroplasty.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's right knee condition was aggravated by his service-connected left knee disorder, and thus is proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0609323
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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