The Board granted service connection for degenerative joint and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, left knee disability, right knee disability, and left hip disability as secondary to pes planus.
The deciding factor: The competent medical evidence supports a conclusion that the veteran's degenerative joint and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, left knee disability, right knee disability, and left hip disability are caused by or aggravated by his service-connected pes planus.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, Left knee disability, Right knee disability, Left hip disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2008
- Citation
- 0810922
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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