The Board has granted service connection for DJD/DDD of the lumbar spine and arthritis of the bilateral knees as secondary to service-connected feet and ankle disabilities. The Veteran's hearing loss is not compensable.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on continuity of symptomatology since service, with aggravation due to service-connected foot disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DDD) of the lumbar spine, Arthritis of the bilateral knees
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- July 14, 2017
- Citation
- 1727663
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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