The Board has determined that the Veteran's right knee osteoarthritis and chronic lumbar strain with left lumbar radiculopathy are causally related to his service-connected left knee, foot, and ankle disabilities. As such, these conditions have been granted as secondary to those service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence is at least in relative equipoise as to whether the Veteran's right knee osteoarthritis and lumbar strain with left lumbar radiculopathy are causally related to his service-connected left knee, foot, and ankle disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Osteoarthritis, Chronic Lumbar Strain with Left Lumbar Radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2016
- Citation
- 1635212
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What this means for you
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