The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection of a right knee disability and granted service connection. The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's service-connected right flat foot disorder is a causative factor with respect to his right knee arthritis.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s current right knee disability was not proximately due to, the result of, or aggravated by his already service-connected right foot disability. However, an addendum from Dr. R. concluded that flat feet and altered gait play a role in the development of arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Arthritis, Right Flat Foot Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19105826
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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