The veteran's claim for increased ratings and service connection for right and left knee disabilities related to his low back disorder has been granted. He is currently rated at 50% for his low back disorder from March 22, 2005 to the present.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding of secondary service connection for both right and left knee disabilities as they are etiologically related to the veteran's service-connected low back disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disorder, Right knee disability, Left knee disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0605750
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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