The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, DJD of the right knee, DJD of the left knee, DJD of the right hip, DJD of the left hip, and DDD of the lumbar spine as secondary to a service-connected wound of the right foot/muscle group X.,The Board has granted service connection for these disabilities based on evidence in relative equipoise.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided are equally probative, with both supporting that the Veteran's diagnosed disabilities were caused by his service-connected wound of the right foot/muscle group X. The reasonable doubt created by this relative equipoise must be resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, DJD of the right knee, DJD of the left knee, DJD of the right hip, DJD of the left hip, DDD of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2018
- Citation
- 1801102
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