Granted
The Board granted service connection for a lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease and spinal stenosis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus and bilateral chondromalacia of the knee.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported that the Veteran's lumbar condition was caused by his service-connected bilateral pes planus and bilateral chondromalacia of the knee, based on a medical opinion from M.B., a physician's assistant.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease and spinal stenosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25019132
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