The Board granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for mechanical low back pain, instability of the right knee, and instability of the left knee. The effective dates for these grants are set at November 18, 1997.
The deciding factor: The additional VA treatment records received within one year of the June 1996 rating decision were considered as new and material evidence, allowing the Veteran's claim to be reopened and granted service connection on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- Mechanical Low Back Pain, Instability of Right Knee, Instability of Left Knee
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1009512
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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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