Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a right ankle disability and a right knee disability, both secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left knee disabilities. The effective date of August 10, 2012, was also granted for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's right ankle and right knee disabilities are proximately due to his service-connected left knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder, right ankle disability (degenerative arthritis post-surgery for osteochondral defect right talar dome), right knee disability (degenerative arthritis and meniscal tear)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104814
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