The Board has granted service connection for bilateral arthritis of the knees and hips, finding that these conditions were aggravated by a service-connected disability (left ankle fracture with traumatic arthritis).
The deciding factor: The medical opinion indicated that the Veteran's service-connected left ankle fracture with traumatic arthritis had aggravated his non-service-connected bilateral knee and hip disabilities beyond their normal progression.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral arthritis of the knees, bilateral arthritis of the hips
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1004430
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What this means for you
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