The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection of a back condition secondary to his left knee disability. However, it was determined that the back injury is not proximately due to or aggravated by the service-connected left knee disability. The rating for residuals of arthrotomy of the left knee with traumatic arthritis remains at 20 percent. The temporary total rating based on hospitalization from June 21 to August 2, 1990, was denied.
The deciding factor: The Board found that while there is a medical nexus between the veteran's back condition and his service-connected left knee disability, the back injury itself is not proximately due to or aggravated by the service-connected left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Herniated Lumbar Disc, Left Knee Disability (Arthrotomy and Traumatic Arthritis)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 24, 2000
- Citation
- 0010753
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