The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right knee strain with instability as secondary to his service-connected lumbar strain, finding that there is no evidence of a nexus between these conditions and his service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners concluded that the Veteran’s bilateral knee strains are not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected lumbar strain.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee strain with instability, right knee strain with instability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19188470
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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