The Board has granted service connection for a left lower extremity disability, encompassing the Veteran's claimed left hip, knee, and ankle conditions. The appeal of secondary service connection for these conditions to residuals of right knee GSW is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows current disabilities of left lower extremity radiculopathy and atrophy, which are proximately due to the service-connected residuals of right knee GSW.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hip Condition, Left Knee Condition, Left Ankle Condition, Right Leg Condition, Right Hip Condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2018
- Citation
- 1816103
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right knee and right hip conditions due to inadequate opinions in prior adjudications.
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