The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine disorder and a left knee disorder, finding that both conditions are related to the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on aggravation of pre-existing conditions due to the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disorder (osteoarthritis), left knee disorder (degenerative arthritis)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2018
- Citation
- 18144091
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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.
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