The Board has granted service connection for a right knee disorder secondary to the veteran's service-connected residuals of a right ankle fracture. However, there is no evidence of a current right hip disability, and thus service connection for this condition cannot be established.
The deciding factor: There was conflicting medical opinion regarding the relationship between the veteran's right knee disorder and his service-connected right ankle fracture. The VA examiner found that the degenerative joint disease of the right knee was not caused by or aggravated by the service-connected right ankle disability, while Dr. McArthur opined that the veteran's right hip pain is related to his right ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the right knee, right hip disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- May 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0613107
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for all service connection and rating issues, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these matters.
- Partly granted
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for right and left lower extremity, lumbar radiculopathy as they were already granted. The claims for service connection for a right hip disorder, left hip disorder, right elbow disorder, left elbow disorder, and cervical spine disorder are remanded for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a right hip disorder for further development, specifically requiring an addendum medical opinion from a VA doctor.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claims for various conditions due to a lack of compliance with previous remand directives and inadequate medical opinions.
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