The Board has determined that the Veteran's left leg disability is proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected right knee disability, and thus grants service connection for this secondary condition.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's current left leg disability is caused by overuse related to his job as a mailman and degenerative joint disease, exacerbated by the service-connected right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Left leg disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19160051
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What this means for you
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