The Board has determined that the veteran's back and neck disorders are not caused or worsened by his service-connected left knee disorder, thus denying his claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: VA medical records do not establish a link between the veteran's current back and neck disorders and his service-connected left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Back disorder, Neck disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2002
- Citation
- 0218597
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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