The Board has granted service connection for lumbar spine arthritis as secondary to the veteran's service-connected pes planus, but denied service connection for right wrist sprain, right arm disorder, right shoulder disorder (arthritis), left shoulder arthritis, and meningitis.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise that the current lumbar spine arthritis is proximately due to the service-connected pes planus. However, there is no competent evidence linking the other claimed conditions to the veteran's service or his service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar spine arthritis, Right wrist sprain, Right shoulder disorder (arthritis), Left shoulder arthritis, Meningitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 16, 2008
- Citation
- 0812647
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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