The Board has determined that the Veteran's right knee disability is not caused or aggravated by his service-connected left ankle disability, and therefore denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: A VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's right knee mild degenerative joint disease was less likely as not related to or aggravated by his service-connected left ankle disability due to aging and obesity factors.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee mild degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2016
- Citation
- 1611715
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