The Board has granted service connection for a low back disorder that is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee disorder.,The Board has also granted compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for left knee and atrophy of the quadriceps and buttocks disorders, both related to VA right knee surgery in December 1979.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's low back disorder is found to be aggravated by his service-connected right knee disorder.,The Veteran's left knee disorder and atrophy of the quadriceps and buttocks are found to have resulted from unforeseeable events related to the December 1979 VA right knee surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disorder, Left knee disorder, Atrophy of the quadriceps and buttocks
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2009
- Citation
- 0945473
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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.
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination.
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