The Veteran's osteoarthritis of the right and left knees is granted as service connected due to aggravation by her service-connected lumbar spine disability. The claims for increased evaluations for lumbosacral and thoracic degenerative disc disease, cervical degenerative disc disease and intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), and an earlier effective date for TDIU are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's osteoarthritis of the knees was found to be aggravated by her service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteoarthritis of the right knee, Osteoarthritis of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20024239
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