Granted
The Board granted service connection for a right knee disorder, diagnosed as right knee strain with partial thickness tear distal semimembranosus tendon, on a secondary basis to the Veteran's service-connected low back disability.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided persuasive evidence that the right knee disorder is proximately due to and/or aggravated by the service-connected low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee strain with partial thickness tear distal semimembranosus tendon
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25017980
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