The Board has determined that the veteran's traumatic arthritis of both knees is proximately due to and a result of his service-connected residuals of a shell fragment wound, right foot with fracture os calcis, arthritis, and posterior tibial neuropathy. Therefore, service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board concluded that the veteran's traumatic arthritis of both knees was related to his service-connected disabilities due to abnormal gait caused by his right foot deformity.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic arthritis of both knees
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 31, 2007
- Citation
- 0727413
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