The Board has determined that the appellant's right knee and hip bursitis are proximately due to her service-connected left leg disability (left tibia plateau stress fracture).
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a connection between the service-connected left leg disability and the current right knee and right hip bursitis.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee pes anserine bursitis, right hip superficial greater trochanteric bursitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2013
- Citation
- 1328669
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