Service connection for left knee arthritis has been granted based on new and material evidence. Service connection for right knee arthritis, as secondary to the service-connected left knee arthritis, is being remanded.,Service connection for left lower extremity peripheral vascular disease, as secondary to the service-connected left knee arthritis, is being remanded. Service connection for right lower extremity peripheral vascular disease, as secondary to the service-connected left knee arthritis, is also being remanded.

The deciding factor: The Veteran's current diagnosis of left knee arthritis meets the criteria for presumptive service connection due to a history of in-service injury and continuous symptoms since separation.

Claimed conditions

{"condition_name":"Right Knee Degenerative Joint Disease (Osteoarthritis)","diagnosis_date":null,"service_connection_theory":"direct"}, {"condition_name":"Left Knee Degenerative Joint Disease (Osteoarthritis)","diagnosis_date":"2015-12-01","service_connection_theory":"presumptive"}

How they argued it

Not specified

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

August 13, 2019

Citation

19162574

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