The veteran's erythema nodosum is causally related to his service-connected Hodgkin's disease, and the Board grants this claim. The claims for arthritis and plantar fasciitis are also granted as secondary to service-connected Hodgkin's disease.
The deciding factor: Erythema nodosum was found to be proximately due to and the result of a service-connected disease (Hodgkin's disease).
- Claimed conditions
- erythema nodosum, arthritis, plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2003
- Citation
- 0308242
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What this means for you
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