The Board has granted service connection for low back arthritis as being proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities. The issues of service connection for a mental disorder (secondary to service-connected knee disabilities) and entitlement to TDIU are remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the finding that the current low back arthritis is proximately due to or the result of the service-connected bilateral knee disabilities, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- low back arthritis, mental disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2014
- Citation
- 1456717
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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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- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection of a mental disorder, sleep apnea, and migraine headache disability due to untimely filing of the Notice of Disagreement (NOD).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for low back arthritis, bilateral knee arthritis, and left hip arthritis due to inadequate medical opinions.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal because the service connection for a mental disorder was granted, which is considered a greater benefit and moots the issue of treatment eligibility.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for low back arthritis, left knee arthritis, and left hip arthritis. The issues of service connection for sciatic nerve pain, high blood pressure, and right arm skin cancer are remanded due to the failure to obtain VA examinations or opinions.
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