The Board finds that the veteran's left knee disorder is proximately due to his service-connected right knee disorder and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The long history of right knee instability caused the veteran to place extra stress on his left knee, which exacerbated his pre-existing left knee disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0614254
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted restoration of a 40% rating for osteoarthritis of the left knee, effective July 1, 2009, and denied an increased rating in excess of 40% for the same condition as well as entitlement to TDIU.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his lumbar spine herniated nucleus pulposus L3-4 with intervertebral disc syndrome, left knee osteoarthritis, and right knee osteoarthritis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for osteoarthritis of the left knee due to an inadequate medical opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal for further development, including a new examination to address issues related to the Veteran's left knee disability.
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