The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a cervical spine disability and increased evaluations of his knee disabilities. The cervical spine disorder is not considered to be secondary to his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence that the veteran's current cervical spine pathology was caused by or related to his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical spine disorder, Left hip disability, Internal derangement of the left knee, postoperative, with instability, Degenerative arthritis, left knee, with painful motion, Postoperative residuals of arthrotomy, right knee, Degenerative arthritis, right knee, with painful motion
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0125498
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