The Board has granted secondary service connection for left knee degenerative joint disease and assigned a 10 percent rating for the residuals of a left heel injury. The compensable initial ratings for the skin graft donor sites have also been granted.
The deciding factor: The VA medical evidence supports the finding that the veteran's current conditions are related to his service-connected injuries, warranting secondary service connection and appropriate disability ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Left Knee Degenerative Joint Disease"}, {"condition_name":"Bilateral Lower Extremity Xerototic Eczema"}
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0635433
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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.
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