The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hip and knee disabilities, as well as right lower extremity radiculopathy, all of which are found to be proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected degenerative spondylosis of the lumbar spine.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's hip, knee, and leg conditions were found to be related to his service-connected low back disorder through a process of aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of bilateral hips, Degenerative joint disease of bilateral knees, Right lower extremity L5-S1 radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- April 7, 2010
- Citation
- 1013269
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, right hip disability, bilateral knee disabilities, and right shoulder disability due to unclear periods of active duty for training (ACDUTRA) or inactive duty for training (INACDUTRA).
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