Granted
The Board granted service connection for a low back disability, right hip disability, and right knee disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on an informed medical opinion indicating that the claimed disabilities were related to the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability, right hip disability, right knee disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103570
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