The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the Veteran's claim for service connection for lumbar strain and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, which is found to be secondary to his service-connected right knee disability. The Board concludes that the Veteran's current low back disabilities are proximately due to or the result of his service-connected right knee disability.
The deciding factor: The multiple medical opinions provided since the February 2006 rating decision raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim and constitute new and material evidence sufficient to reopen the Veteran's claim. The Board concludes that the Veteran's current low back disabilities are proximately due to or the result of his service-connected right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar strain, degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2010
- Citation
- 1022483
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