The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability did not cause or aggravate his low back disability, and thus denied service connection for a low back disability as secondary to his right knee disability.
The deciding factor: VA examiner disagreed with private physician's opinion that asymmetric gait was significant in causing or aggravating the Veteran's low back disability, finding no evidence of antalgia or leg length discrepancy.
- Claimed conditions
- {"conditionName":"Low Back Disability"}
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2012
- Citation
- 1208403
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