The Board has granted service connection for a cervical spine disability and remanded the remaining issues to the RO for further evidentiary development, including providing the Veteran with VA examinations. The claims of entitlement to service connection for right knee disorder, bilateral hip disorder, left knee disorder, and lumbar spine disorder are still pending on appeal.
The deciding factor: The Board has granted service connection for a cervical spine disability and remanded the remaining issues to the RO for further evidentiary development, including providing the Veteran with VA examinations. The claims of entitlement to service connection for right knee disorder, bilateral hip disorder, left knee disorder, and lumbar spine disorder are still pending on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- {"conditionName":"Right Knee Disorder"}, {"conditionName":"Bilateral Hip Disorder (to include as secondary to service-connected cervical disc disease)"}, {"conditionName":"Left Knee Disorder (to include as secondary to service-connected cervical disc disease)"}, {"conditionName":"Lumbar Spine Disorder (to include as secondary to service-connected cervical disc disease)"}
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 25, 2012
- Citation
- 1218719
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What this means for you
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