The Board found that the Veteran's right and left knee disabilities, including arthritis, were not caused or aggravated by his service-connected right great toe disability. The evidence did not show a nexus between the current knee conditions and service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided conflicting conclusions regarding whether the service-connected right great toe disability was causally related to the Veteran's current knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a total right knee replacement, residuals of a total left knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2013
- Citation
- 1335920
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