The veteran's claims for service connection for high blood pressure, pelvic tilt, degenerative joint disease and disc disease of the lumbosacral spine, and a neck condition have been granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that these conditions are at least as likely as not related to the veteran's military service based on in-service injuries and current diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- high blood pressure, pelvic tilt, degenerative joint disease and disc disease of the lumbosacral spine, neck condition
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 26, 2009
- Citation
- 0902624
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection, higher ratings, and earlier effective dates, as well as dismissed his claim for a TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as secondary to the Veteran's asthma with sinusitis, but denied service connection for a low back sprain and plantar fasciitis. The claim for a neck condition was dismissed.
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