The Veteran's left hip and left knee disabilities are found to be secondary to his service-connected residuals of the left ankle injury, warranting a grant of service connection. The claim for an increased disability rating for residuals of the left ankle injury remains pending.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's left hip and left knee disabilities were less likely as not related to his left ankle injury, while private physicians provided opinions supporting the secondary relationship between these conditions and the service-connected residuals of the left ankle injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Osteoarthritis of the Left Acetabulum, Degenerative Osteoarthritis of the Left Knee
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1022117
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What this means for you
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