The Board has granted service connection for a left knee condition and a lower back condition as secondary to the veteran's right knee condition. The claim for an increased rating for internal derangement of the right knee is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise regarding whether the veteran's current left knee and lower back conditions are due to her service-connected right knee disability, warranting a grant of service connection under the secondary theory of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee condition, lower back condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0636793
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What this means for you
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