The Board has granted service connection for polychondritis and assigned an initial 10 percent rating for Reiter's syndrome. The Veteran's polychondritis is considered to be secondary to his service-connected Reiter's syndrome.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the conclusion that the diagnosed polychondritis is caused by the Veteran's service-connected Reiter's syndrome, and a higher initial rating of 10 percent for Reiter's syndrome is granted as it meets the criteria for such a rating.
- Claimed conditions
- polychondritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 25, 2016
- Citation
- 1621197
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What this means for you
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