The veteran's right knee disability is rated at 40 percent, and service connection for his low back disorder due to aggravation of a pre-existing condition by the service-connected knee disorder is granted.
The deciding factor: VA examination reports and medical opinions indicate that the veteran's current low back disorder is aggravated by his service-connected bilateral knee disorders, warranting secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Internal derangement with degenerative joint disease of the right knee, Degenerative arthritis of the lumbosacral spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- September 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0630671
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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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- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 40 percent for degenerative arthritis of the lumbosacral spine, but denied higher ratings for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for degenerative disc disease and degenerative arthritis of the lumbosacral spine as secondary to achilles tendinopathy of the left foot.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for degenerative arthritis of the lumbosacral spine was dismissed due to an untimely Notice of Disagreement.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of June 1, 2008, for the award of service connection for recurrent subluxation of the right knee and January 11, 2021, for a 20 percent rating for degenerative arthritis of the lumbosacral spine, while denying an initial compensable rating for right knee surgical scars.
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