The Veteran's right knee and right foot conditions are granted as secondary to his service-connected left knee condition.,A 20 percent disability rating is granted for hypertension.
The deciding factor: The March 2020 private medical opinion provided a nexus between the Veteran’s right knee and right foot conditions and his service-connected left knee condition, supporting the grant of secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis, right knee (right knee condition), Degenerative arthritis, right foot
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 1, 2020
- Citation
- 20030745
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