The veteran's degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine is found to be aggravated by his service-connected left ankle disability, and thus service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: Degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine was found to have been aggravated by a service-connected left ankle disability, resulting in an overall worsening of the veteran's back condition.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatitis C, bilateral hip disability, bilateral knee disability, degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0619547
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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.
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