The Board denied service connection for a right hip disability and a right knee disability, both claimed as secondary to a service-connected left foot scar.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence that the Veteran's right hip or knee disabilities were caused by his service-connected left foot scar. The VA examinations found it was not possible to determine a causal relationship between the service-connected condition and the current disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip disability, Right knee disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2009
- Citation
- 0911170
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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