The Board found that the Veteran's left knee disorder is not related to his service-connected right leg or knee disabilities, and thus denied both claims for service connection and TDIU.
The deciding factor: The July 2010 VA examiner concluded that the preponderance of evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's left knee degenerative disease was caused by or aggravated by his service-connected right leg or knee disabilities, given the long interval between any potential causation and the onset of symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee degenerative disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2011
- Citation
- 1103718
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for other specified depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, and increased the ratings for thoracic spine degenerative changes, right knee degenerative disease, left knee degenerative disease, and right shoulder degenerative joint disease.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for left knee degenerative disease, right knee degenerative disease, and right ankle condition due to a need for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to inadequate reasoning in previous decisions and a need for new opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's knee and ankle conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's left knee disability, allergic rhinitis, asthma, and hypertension have been rated appropriately. However, the issues of service connection for diabetes, hearing loss, and TDIU are not resolved due to insufficient evidence.
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