The Board has determined that the Veteran's current right knee and low back disabilities are at least as likely as not related to his service-connected left knee disability, granting the claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence shows a nexus between the Veteran's service-connected left knee injury and his current right knee patellofemoral syndrome and degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellofemoral syndrome, focal chondral defect, prepatellar bursitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1013842
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a higher rating in excess of the current ratings for various musculoskeletal conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of December 6, 2005, for the award of a 10 percent rating for both the Veteran's left and right knee disabilities due to clear and unmistakable error in the prior decision. The back disability claim was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case for further development and readjudication of the veteran's claims.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, except for separate awards of service connection for left knee instability and right knee instability.
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