The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar myofascial strain, right hip and ankle disabilities that are secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability.,Service connection is also granted for bilateral hip and ankle disabilities.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the conclusion that the Veteran's bilateral hip and ankle disabilities are related to his service-connected left knee disability, with overcompensation causing abnormal gait and joint pain.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hammer Toes, Right Foot Bunion, Lumbar Myofascial Strain, Scoliosis, Right Hip Disability, Left Hip Disability, Right Ankle Disability, Left Ankle Disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2015
- Citation
- 1525182
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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.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for the claimed conditions as there is no persuasive evidence of current diagnoses or in-service incurrence or aggravation.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's right hip disability, finding that her current 10 percent rating adequately reflects her symptoms and limitations.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right and left ankle disabilities, as well as denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The Veteran's claims for other conditions are remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right hip disability, which may be related to service or secondary to his service-connected bilateral pes planus.
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