The veteran's appeal is denied as his claim for increased rating and service connection are not supported by the evidence of record, while his TDIU claim is also denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence to support a higher rating or secondary service connection for arthritis in the right knee. The VA examiner found no relationship between the left knee disability and the right knee arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a left knee injury, postoperative, loss of motion, Arthritis, right knee
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2007
- Citation
- 0716763
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