The Board has determined that the veteran's lumbar spine degenerative joint disease and left knee patellar tendonitis are related to their active duty service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding that both conditions started during or were aggravated by the veteran's military service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative joint disease, left knee patellar tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2003
- Citation
- 0313111
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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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