ON 1-25-01, EE WENT TO HOSPITAL WITH LOW BACK PAIN AND WAS REMOVED FROM WORK AT THAT TIME. EE STATES THAT HE WAS BEEN HAVING BACK AND RIGHT KNEE PROBLEMS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. CLAIM HAS BEEN PROTESTEP AND DRIS REPORT ATTACHED. MINIMAL TO MODERATE DEGENERATIVE CHANGES OF RIGHT KNEE NOTED. NO ACUTE FRACTURE NOTED. MINMAL THORACOLUMBAR SCOLIOSIS NOTED. DEGENERATIVE CHANGE