The Board has granted service connection for right hip, right shoulder, left shoulder, and low back degenerative joint diseases as well as cellulitis, all of which are found to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability.,Service connection is established for these conditions based on their causal relationship to the Veteran's service-connected left knee condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's right hip, right shoulder, left shoulder, low back, and cellulitis disabilities are causally related to his service-connected left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Degenerative Joint Disease, Right Shoulder Degenerative Joint Disease, Left Shoulder Degenerative Joint Disease, Low Back Degenerative Joint Disease, Right Lower Extremity Cellulitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2015
- Citation
- 1541673
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