The Board has granted service connection for bilateral knee strain and found that the veteran's lumbosacral strain with degenerative joint disease does not warrant a compensable evaluation.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations provided sufficient evidence to determine that the veteran's bilateral knee strain is attributable to service, while his lumbosacral strain with degenerative joint disease did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Knee Strain, Lumbosacral Strain with Degenerative Joint Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2007
- Citation
- 0711448
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