The Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus is found to have aggravated his current degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, and it is at least as likely as not that this aggravation also caused or aggravated any identified hip disability. Service connection for a bilateral hip disorder is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's service-connected pes planus had aggravated his existing degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, which in turn aggravated any identified hip disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, Bilateral hip disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1019652
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