The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed right quadriceps rupture, osteoarthritis of the right knee, and left hip osteoarthritis are not proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected status post left medial neuroma meniscectomy.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions found no causal relationship between the service-connected left knee disability and the veteran's claimed right quadriceps rupture, right knee osteoarthritis, and left hip osteoarthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent right quadriceps rupture, osteoarthritis of the right knee, osteoarthritis of the left hip
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 20, 2007
- Citation
- 0729625
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