The Board has determined that the Veteran's low back and neck disabilities are at least partially caused by his service-connected knee disabilities, thus granting service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided a basis to conclude that the Veteran's current low back and neck disabilities were at least as likely as not caused or aggravated by his service-connected knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability, neck disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2017
- Citation
- 1705183
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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