The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for low back, left hip, and right knee disorders as secondary to his service-connected left knee disability.
The deciding factor: The most probative medical opinion of record states that the veteran's claimed low back, right knee, and left hip disorders were not caused or aggravated by his service-connected left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disorder, Left hip disorder, Right knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2008
- Citation
- 0814859
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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