The Board has granted service connection for lumbosacral degenerative disc disease with radiculopathy, left hip replacement residuals, and right hip replacement residuals. The claims of entitlement to service connection for bilateral flat feet, pneumonia, bilateral hearing loss, left knee anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction residuals, right knee degenerative joint disease, and tinnitus have been dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction upon the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The Board has granted service connection based on direct evidence of a current disability that is related to in-service events. The claims for bilateral flat feet, pneumonia, bilateral hearing loss, left knee anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction residuals, right knee degenerative joint disease, and tinnitus have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral degenerative disc disease with radiculopathy, left hip replacement residuals, right hip replacement residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2017
- Citation
- 1739487
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board has granted a 60 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected lumbosacral degenerative disc disease with radiculopathy, and has also found that he is entitled to a TDIU based on his service-connected disability.
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