The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hip and knee disorders as secondary to the veteran's service-connected pes planus. Service connection for low back pain is denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on evidence showing that the veteran's hip, knee, and back pain were related to his service-connected pes planus, with obesity also contributing to these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Bilateral Hip Disorders","diagnosis_details":"Degenerative joint disease of the hips"}, {"condition_name":"Bilateral Knee Disorders","diagnosis_details":"Degenerative joint disease, with narrowing of the joint line and history thought to be suspicious for meniscus injury. Also noted that there appeared to be an old injury of the right foot."}, {"condition_name":"Low Back Pain","diagnosis_details":"No definite diagnosed physical disability"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- September 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0630668
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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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