The Board found that the Veteran's current thoracolumbar and cervical spine disabilities are not related to his service-connected bilateral knee disability, and thus denied both claims.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a finding of secondary service connection for the Veteran's thoracolumbar and cervical spine disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Thoracolumbar spine (back) disability, Cervical spine (neck) disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 25, 2011
- Citation
- 1131218
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