The Board granted service connection for osteoarthritis of the right and left knees as secondary to bilateral pes planus and ankle disabilities.,However, the claims were vacated due to failure to adjudicate on a direct-incurrence basis.
The deciding factor: The most probative evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's knee conditions are directly related to service. However, it is at least as likely as not that they are secondary to his service-connected pes planus and ankle disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteoarthritis of the right knee, Osteoarthritis of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2018
- Citation
- 1800192
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