The Board has granted service connection for arthritis of the hips, bilateral; arthritis of the left knee; and residuals of a compression fracture of vertebra T12. Service connection for arthritis of the ankles, bilateral, and arthritis of the feet, bilateral, is denied as not proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disease or injury.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's arthritis was found to be secondary to his service-connected right knee disability and compression fracture of vertebra T12. The Board granted service connection for these conditions based on their relationship to the service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the hips, bilateral, Arthritis of the left knee, Arthritis of the ankles, bilateral, Arthritis of the feet, bilateral, Compression fracture of vertebra T12
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 12, 2009
- Citation
- 0930283
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