The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claims of entitlement to service connection for left knee and low back disabilities. It was found that these conditions are causally related to residuals impairment caused by the veteran's service-connected right knee disability.
The deciding factor: The VA and private medical opinions indicate a causal relationship between the veteran's service-connected right knee disability and her current left knee and low back disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Infrapatellar Tendonitis, Low Back Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction with Muscle Spasm
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2003
- Citation
- 0335442
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