The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and granted service connection for radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities as secondary to her service-connected lumbosacral strain.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a rating in excess of 10 percent for the knee conditions or ankle condition, but it supported granting service connection for radiculopathy due to the lumbosacral strain.
- Claimed conditions
- left patellofemoral syndrome, right patellofemoral syndrome, residuals of right ankle reconstructive ligament surgery, lumbosacral strain with radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2024
- Citation
- A24073933
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Decisions by this judge: 948 · Granted: 52% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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