The Board has determined that the Veteran's ankylosing spondylosis is caused by his service-connected ulcerative colitis, and thus grants service connection for this condition on a secondary basis.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided indicate a causal relationship between the Veteran's ulcerative colitis and ankylosing spondylosis (also referred to as HLA B27-negative spondyloarthropathy with symmetric bilateral sacroiliitis).
- Claimed conditions
- ankylosing spondylosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2017
- Citation
- 1713508
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