The Veteran's right knee disability is granted as service-connected, and the Board finds that it is proximately due to or caused by their service-connected left hip injury. The case is remanded for a VA examination to assess additional impairment from the service-connected fractures.
The deciding factor: The right knee disability is found to be aggravated by the service-connected left hip injury.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee degenerative arthritis with instability, left sacrum fractures, left iliac crest, and diastasis of symphysis pubis; with postoperative muscle weakness and denervation
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2023
- Citation
- A23034555
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