The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's upper and lower back disorders, left knee disorder, right hip and left hip disorders as secondary to his service-connected right knee degenerative joint disease. The effective date is August 25, 2008.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the aggravation of pre-existing conditions by a service-connected condition (right knee degenerative joint disease).
- Claimed conditions
- spondylolysis, disc disease associated with osteoarthritis, degenerative joint disease, status post L3-S1 transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (upper back), left knee osteoarthritis, right hip degenerative arthritis, left hip degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 3, 2016
- Citation
- 1603626
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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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- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's left hip degenerative arthritis is secondary to his service-connected right total hip replacement and grants this claim.
- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for left hip degenerative arthritis and bilateral restless leg syndrome have been dismissed due to the concurrent submission of a Higher-Level Review request, which is not allowed while a Direct Review appeal is pending.
- Granted
The Veteran's spondylolysis was granted a 40 percent rating from November 25, 2013 to October 26, 2023. The condition resulted in forward flexion of the thoracolumbar spine being limited to 20 degrees during use over time.
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