Granted
The Board granted service connection for a left knee disorder, right knee disorder, lumbar spine disorder, and radiculopathy of both lower extremities as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected shin splints, left lower extremity, with knee impairment.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the current disorders are proximately due to or the result of the service-connected shin splints disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee meniscal tear with degenerative arthritis, right knee strain, lumbar spine disorder (lumbosacral strain, degenerative arthritis, and intervertebral disc syndrome), radiculopathy of the left lower extremity (lumbar radiculopathy), radiculopathy of the right lower extremity (lumbar radiculopathy)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25105925
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