The Board found no new and material evidence to reopen the claims for right knee and low back pain disabilities, which were previously denied in March 1991. The Veteran's service-connected left knee disability is currently rated as 10%.,The Veteran's skin disability involving the face was not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence has been presented or raised by the record to raise a reasonable possibility of showing that the Veteran's right knee disability is etiologically related to service, or to have been caused or aggravated by his service-connected left knee disability. The same applies to his low back pain disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disability, Low Back Pain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2018
- Citation
- 1827927
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities are rated at 10% each, and the Board finds that higher ratings are not warranted based on the evidence of record.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities are not related to his active service, and thus denied both claims for service connection.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a right knee disability, finding that there is no evidence to support an etiological relationship between his current condition and his military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his low back, left knee, and right knee disabilities due to inadequate VA examinations. The AOJ is instructed to obtain private treatment records from Mays & Schnapp Pain Management and schedule the Veteran for additional medical examinations.
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