The Board has determined that the Veteran's left knee disability is aggravated by his service-connected left ankle condition and grants service connection for this condition. The liver condition claim is denied as there is no evidence of a current disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's pre-existing left knee disability was aggravated by both military service and his service-connected left ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- liver condition, left knee condition
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1000398
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
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