The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral hip and knee disorders, peripheral neuropathy/radiculopathy, and pes planus were granted. He was assigned a 10% disability rating for pes planus effective October 17, 2013.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran had current diagnoses of arthritis in his hips and knees, which are service-connected or due to herbicide exposure, and provided sufficient evidence to support these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- spondylolisthesis, chronic lumbosacral strain, peripheral neuropathy, radiculopathy, bilateral hip disorder, bilateral knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 7, 2014
- Citation
- 1430479
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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.
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