The Board has determined that the Veteran's current back disability is related to her service-connected right knee realignment with patellofemoral pain, and thus grants service connection for chronic lumbosacral spine strain with degenerative changes and left sided radiculopathy as secondary to her service-connected right knee disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current back disability is more likely than not caused by a fall she experienced while walking down steps at a comedy show after her knees gave out, which was related to her service-connected right knee realignment with patellofemoral pain.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic lumbosacral spine strain with degenerative changes, left sided radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2017
- Citation
- 1753931
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What this means for you
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