The Board has granted service connection for sacroiliitis, but denied service connection for bilateral hip, leg, and foot disorders.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for the veteran's diagnosed right-sided sacroiliitis based on aggravation during service. No current diagnoses of bilateral hip, leg, or foot disorders were found in the medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- sacroiliitis, bilateral hip disorder, bilateral leg disorder, bilateral foot disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 25, 2005
- Citation
- 0523419
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What this means for you
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