The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's low back disorder as secondary to her service-connected right knee disability. The claim of increased evaluation for asthma is granted at a 30% rating.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's current low back pain was related to her mild degenerative disc problems and abnormal gait from her service-connected right knee disability, which was the most likely etiology of her current low back problems. For asthma, the Board found that daily inhalational or oral bronchodilator therapy is not required.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disorder, Asthma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 8, 2003
- Citation
- 0319531
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