The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability as proximately caused by the Veteran's altered gait due to his service-connected foot and ankle disabilities, but denied service connection for a left wrist disability. The effective date of the awards was set at April 17, 2003.
The deciding factor: The Board found no medical evidence supporting a nexus between the current left knee condition and the Veteran's period of service, but did find that his altered gait due to service-connected disabilities caused some of the current disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Left wrist disability, Left knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2009
- Citation
- 0907479
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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