The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression, is not proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected left knee disability. The right knee and low back disabilities are also denied as secondary to his service-connected left knee disability.
The deciding factor: VA examinations have found no current diagnosis of a chronic left hip disability, and the March 2017 VA examiner did not address the Veteran's contention that pain from his service-connected left knee disability caused or aggravated his diagnosed depression. The Board has determined that the evidence does not support a finding that these disabilities are proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (depression)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2017
- Citation
- 1738476
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