The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left knee condition, which is claimed as chondromalacia and tendonitis. The decision also remanded several other issues related to ankle injuries and a right thumb condition.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted on a secondary basis because the left knee condition is found to be at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected right foot plantar fasciitis, which resulted in an altered gait.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee condition (chondromalacia and tendonitis), right ankle injury, left ankle injury, right thumb condition, right wrist condition (limb and joint pain and cramps)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2024
- Citation
- 24010688
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