The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left knee and lumbar spine disabilities as secondary to his service-connected right knee disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's left knee and lumbar spine disabilities are proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected right knee disability, thus granting service connection based on secondary theory of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee osteoarthritis, degenerative arthritis of the spine with intervertebral disc syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2023
- Citation
- 23006586
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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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- Granted
The Veteran's degenerative arthritis of the spine with intervertebral disc syndrome was granted service connection as it is at least as likely as not secondary to his in-service injury.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, but has remanded the cases of left knee and lumbar spine disabilities.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased disability ratings and TDIU have been dismissed due to his withdrawal of the appeal.
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