The Board has granted service connection for degenerative joint disease of the right and left knees, finding that it is secondary to the veteran's service-connected left ankle condition.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the opinion linking the knee disability to the service-connected left ankle injury.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the right and left knees
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 30, 2007
- Citation
- 0712578
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining the Veteran's service treatment records. The appeal is currently in a pending status.
- Denied
The appellant's combined rating is 70 percent with one disabilities rated at 50 percent. The objective and credible medical and other evidence of record preponderates against a finding that the appellant is permanently and totally disabled due to his non-service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including obtaining a medical opinion regarding his ability to secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, low back disability, degenerative joint disease of the knees, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. The appeals were based on direct evidence rather than a presumption or secondary to another condition.
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