The Board has granted service connection for spondylolisthesis of L5-S1, but denied the veteran's claims for arthritis of the bilateral hips, knees, ankles, and feet.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence shows in-service incurrence of the veteran's back disability, a current disability, and a medical nexus opinion relating the veteran's current back disability to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of bilateral hips, arthritis of bilateral knees, arthritis of bilateral ankles, arthritis of bilateral feet, spondylolisthesis of l5-s1
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2006
- Citation
- 0606143
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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