The Board granted service connection for stroke residuals, secondary to right knee degenerative arthritis, on a causation basis.
The deciding factor: The evidence is approximately evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's stroke and its residuals were caused by a fall due to his service-connected right knee degenerative arthritis. With reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran, entitlement to service connection for stroke residuals, secondary to right knee degenerative arthritis, on a causation basis, is warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- stroke residuals
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25107864
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