The Board finds that the Veteran's arthritis, numbness of the hands, neck, and legs, stiffness and pain of the elbows, neck, and shoulders, a calcium growth on the right shoulder, and low back disability are all secondary to his service-connected meningitis.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners opined that these conditions were at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's meningitis.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis, numbness of the hands, neck, and legs, stiffness and pain of the elbows, neck, and shoulders, calcium growth on the right shoulder, low back disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0907649
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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