The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's residuals of a meniscal tear of the left knee as secondary to his service-connected lateral ligament instability of the left ankle.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion provided by Dr. P.S. established that the left knee condition is due to the service-connected left ankle injury, resulting in poor alignment and subsequent injury to the left knee meniscus.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a meniscal tear of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 13, 2021
- Citation
- 21042697
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What this means for you
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