The Veteran's bilateral knee conditions are rated at the minimum level of disability, and his secondary claims for shoulder and lumbar spine disorders have been denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence that the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities aggravated his nonservice-connected shoulder and back conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteoarthritis of the left knee, Osteoarthritis of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 13, 2010
- Citation
- 1013891
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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