The Veteran's right knee disorder, diagnosed as a total right knee replacement, is granted service connection due to aggravation by her service-connected Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease with left hip deformity and degenerative changes status post-total hip replacement. The earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for left foot drop with left sciatica is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right knee disorder was aggravated by her service-connected Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease with left hip deformity and degenerative changes status post-total hip replacement, resulting in a total right knee replacement. The earlier effective date claim for the grant of service connection for left foot drop with left sciatica is denied as there is no evidence of an informal or formal claim prior to November 24, 2008.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disorder, Left Foot Drop
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 9, 2018
- Citation
- 18116855
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right knee disorder is related to his military service and grants entitlement to service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for a right knee disorder and an initial compensable rating for TBI, as new evidence was received. The effective date for service connection for TBI is being remanded.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right knee disorder is related to his service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for right and left hip disorders due to a pre-decisional error in obtaining an adequate nexus opinion prior to the June 2021 rating decision.
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