The Veteran's service-connected left knee disability is found to be the primary cause of his residuals of left femur fracture and left ankle sprain. The Board has granted service connection for these conditions as secondary to his service-connected left knee disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the left femur fracture was caused by the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability, leading to a fall which resulted in the fractures of both the left femur and ankle.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of left femur fracture, degenerative joint disease of the left knee, left ankle sprain with degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19120442
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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