The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for osteonecrosis (bone death) as secondary to his service-connected right knee strain with arthritis, finding that there is no current diagnosis of osteonecrosis and that the Veteran has an osteochondral lesion instead.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran does not have a diagnosis of osteonecrosis but rather an osteochondral lesion which was caused by his service-connected right knee strain with arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- osteonecrosis, osteoarthritic changes in right knee
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2022
- Citation
- 22071402
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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