The Veteran's claims for secondary service connection for bilateral foot disorder, left ankle disorder, low back disorder, and diabetes mellitus were denied. The Board found that the currently diagnosed conditions are not related to the service-connected right knee ACL repair residuals.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find a direct link between the service-connected right knee condition and the claimed disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee surgical scars
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2017
- Citation
- 1736254
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