Granted
The Board granted service connection for a left and right knee disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected back disability based on medical evidence establishing a causal relationship.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion from Dr. Baber established a nexus between the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities and his service-connected back disability, leading to the grant of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability (characterized as patellofemoral pain syndrome, knee tendonitis and knee joint osteoarthritis), right knee disability (characterized as patellofemoral pain syndrome, knee tendonitis and knee joint osteoarthritis)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088245
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