The Board has granted service connection for a low back disorder claimed as secondary to the veteran's service-connected right knee disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran's current grade I spondylolisthesis back disorder was caused or aggravated by her service-connected right knee disability, and thus is proximately due to or the result of her service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), varicose veins, low back disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2001
- Citation
- 0119183
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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