The Board granted service connection for right and left knee degenerative arthritis, other than post-traumatic, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral ankle strain, right plantar spur, and bilateral hallux valgus.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record supports a finding that the Veteran's knee disabilities are proximately due to or aggravated by her service-connected lower extremity conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee degenerative arthritis, other than post-traumatic, left knee degenerative arthritis, other than post-traumatic
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108673
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 916 · Granted: 40% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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