The Board has granted service connection for left knee, low back, right hip, and left hip disorders as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected traumatic degenerative joint disease of the right knee.
The deciding factor: The competent medical evidence of record establishes that each of these claimed conditions was aggravated by the service-connected right knee disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disorder, low back disorder, right hip disorder, left hip disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2009
- Citation
- 0904886
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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a left hip disorder to be further developed, including an examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for a low back disorder to obtain additional medical evidence and ensure that the Veteran is afforded every possible consideration.
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