The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left knee arthritis disability with torn medial meniscus, finding that it was not incurred or aggravated by his service-connected chronic inflammatory demyelination polyradiculopathy left lower extremity. The issue of service connection for duodenitis is remanded.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined the Veteran's left knee arthritis and torn medial meniscus are less likely than not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected chronic inflammatory demyelination polyradiculopathy left lower extremity.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Left Knee Arthritis","details":"Torn medial meniscus"}, {"condition_name":"Duodenitis"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19149066
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What this means for you
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