The Board has determined that the veteran's low back disorder is proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected bilateral pes planus with osteoarthritis.,The veteran's claim for service connection for a kidney condition (claimed as chronic posterior urethritis) was reopened and granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection has been established for the veteran's low back disorder as secondary to his service-connected bilateral pes planus with osteoarthritis due to aggravation of the veteran's back by his service-connected foot condition.,The veteran's claim for a kidney condition was reopened based on new and material evidence showing that he had symptoms of a genitourinary disorder, including prostatitis, urethritis, and glomerulonephritis, during service or within one year after service.
- Claimed conditions
- Low Back Disorder, Genitourinary Disorder (including Prostatitis, Urethritis, and Glomerulonephritis)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2001
- Citation
- 0125818
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