The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection for arthritis of the hips, knees, and shoulders. The Board also finds that these conditions are secondary to his service-connected Lyme disease.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by private physicians indicate a relationship between the Veteran's service-connected Lyme disease and his current arthritis of the hips, knees, and shoulders.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip arthritis, left hip arthritis, right knee arthritis, left knee arthritis, right shoulder arthritis, left shoulder arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2014
- Citation
- 1421252
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeal regarding the service connection for left and right knee arthritis, thus the appeal is dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence sufficient to readjudicate the previously denied claim for service connection for a right knee disability has been received. The AOJ should now consider secondary service connection in addition to the original claims.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for left hip arthritis, right hip arthritis, type II diabetes, right lower extremity neuropathy, left lower extremity neuropathy, and sleep apnea as they have become service-connected in other rating decisions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's November 2018 notice of disagreement was timely, and the appeal is remanded for further review.
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