Granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left knee degenerative osteoarthritis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus, finding the evidence in equipoise.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided by M.M., NP, was found to be more probative than the VA examiner's negative conclusion due to its detailed rationale and references to medical literature.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee degenerative osteoarthritis, left knee degenerative osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25087590
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