The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of service connection for a left knee disability, including as secondary to service-connected right total knee arthroplasty associated with lateral meniscal tear of the right knee with degenerative arthritis (right knee disability).,Service connection is granted for a left knee disability as secondary to service-connected right knee disability.,Service connection is also granted for a left hip disability as secondary to service-connected right knee disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's current left knee and left hip disabilities are related to his service-connected right knee disability due to years of favoring that knee over several years.,The medical opinion indicates that the Veteran's left knee and left hip conditions are caused by, and the direct result of, the original November 1989 right knee injury during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Disability, Left Hip Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2016
- Citation
- 1603640
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities are rated at 10% each, and the Board finds that higher ratings are not warranted based on the evidence of record.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities are not related to his active service, and thus denied both claims for service connection.
- Denied
The Veteran's left knee disability is currently rated at 30 percent, and the Board finds no evidence of clear and unmistakable error in assigning an effective date of June 19, 2002.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his low back, left knee, and right knee disabilities due to inadequate VA examinations. The AOJ is instructed to obtain private treatment records from Mays & Schnapp Pain Management and schedule the Veteran for additional medical examinations.
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