The Board found that the Veteran's right leg/knee disability is not caused by or worsened by his service-connected left knee disability, and thus denied the claim for secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The examiner concluded that the Veteran's right knee disability was not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected left knee disability due to an improper gait pattern resulting from the total left knee replacement.
- Claimed conditions
- Right leg/knee disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2017
- Citation
- 1715354
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