The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for arthritis of the lumbar spine as secondary to a service-connected gunshot wound to the right foot. However, it was denied on the merits. The veteran's bilateral hip disability and bilateral knee disability were also found not to be related to his service-connected gunshot wound to the right foot.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the veteran's arthritis of the lumbar spine, cervical spine, cramping of the crotch, bilateral hip disability, or bilateral knee disability was caused by his service-connected gunshot wound to the right foot.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the lumbar spine, Arthritis of the cervical spine, Cramping of the crotch, Bilateral hip disability, Bilateral knee disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2008
- Citation
- 0820238
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