The Board denied service connection for right knee, left knee, right hip, left hip, and lumbar spine disabilities as secondary to the veteran's service-connected right ankle trauma.
The deciding factor: The August 2008 VA examination report stated that it was less than likely that any of these conditions were related to the service-connected right ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee, left knee, right hip, left hip, lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0900146
What this means for you
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