The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for a back disorder, degenerative changes of the left knee, and right leg disorder as secondary to his service-connected residuals of aseptic meningitis. The rating assigned remains at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the May 2001 Board decision relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims for service connection for a back disorder, degenerative changes of the left knee, and right leg disorder as secondary to residuals of aseptic meningitis. This raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the underlying claim.
- Claimed conditions
- back disorder, degenerative changes of the left knee, right leg disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1003053
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