The Board has granted service connection for leg problems as secondary to a service-connected lower back disability.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the veteran's contention that her current leg and knee disorders are related to her service-connected low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- leg problems, bilateral lower extremity numbness, right knee bursitis, right knee epicondylitis, right knee degenarative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2004
- Citation
- 0400667
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What this means for you
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