The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for arthritis of the right knee as secondary to his service-connected left knee disability due to a VA examination opinion that it was less likely than not that the osteoarthritis of the right knee was secondary to the veteran's service-connected left knee injury.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner reviewed the record, examined the veteran, and concluded that the preponderance of evidence is against a secondary connection between the right knee arthritis and the service-connected left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the right knee, osteoarthritis of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0638065
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- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all pending appeals, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these issues.
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