The Board has granted service connection for a low back disorder secondary to the veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disability. The veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his right and left knees, as well as his sinusitis, have also been granted.
The deciding factor: The clinical evidence supports the finding that the veteran's chronic lumbosacral strain is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected bilateral knee disability. The veteran's claims for increased evaluations were supported by the clinical findings and the applicable rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Low Back Disorder (Chronic Lumbosacral Strain), Sinusitis, Chondromalacia, Right Knee with Degenerative Joint Disease, Chondromalacia, Left Knee with Degenerative Joint Disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0011095
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