The Board has determined that the veteran's degenerative arthritis of the knees and herniated disc at L5/S1 are not related to his service-connected left ankle disability, and thus denied both claims for secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: A VA medical examiner concluded that there is no direct link between the veteran's service-connected left ankle disability and his current degenerative arthritis of the knees or herniated disc at L5/S1.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Arthritis of the Knees, Herniated Disc at L5/S1
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2007
- Citation
- 0706355
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