The Board has determined that the Veteran's current left lower extremity nerve damage is proximately due to surgical treatment on his service-connected left knee, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran’s left lower extremity nerve damage is proximately due to surgery performed by VA on his service-connected left knee.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity nerve damage
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19193481
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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.
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