The Board finds that the Veteran's degenerative disc disease of the cervical and lumbar spine is at least as likely as not caused or aggravated by his service-connected psoriasis and shell fragment wound muscle injury.,The Board also finds that the Veteran's psoriatic arthritis of the bilateral hips is at least as likely as not caused or aggravated by his service-connected psoriasis.
The deciding factor: Service connection established for degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine and bilateral hip psoriatic arthritis due to secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease of cervical spine, Psoriatic arthritis of bilateral hips
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2013
- Citation
- 1333337
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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