The Board has determined that the veteran's current arthritis of the lumbar spine and right knee are related to his service-connected left leg disability, granting service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the veteran's current arthritis of the lumbar spine and right knee is at least as likely as not due to or the result of his service-connected left leg disability.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the lumbar spine, arthritis of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2004
- Citation
- 0400307
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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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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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