The Board has determined that the Veteran's current pelvic, hip, and shoulder disabilities are not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's current disabilities were incurred or aggravated by his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral sacroiliitis, right and left hip arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2018
- Citation
- 1803249
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral sacroiliitis as secondary to a service-connected lumbar spine condition due to an inadequate medical opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including obstructive sleep apnea and arthritis of the hips, hands, shoulders, and cervical spine. The decision found that these conditions did not have their onset in service or are otherwise causally related to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Veteran's lumbar spine disability is rated at 40 percent from April 1, 2015. The claim for an increased rating remains on appeal.,Right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve was granted a separate 10 percent rating effective January 31, 2022.
- Granted
The Veteran's back disorder, diagnosed as L5-S1 facet joint arthroplasty with neuroforaminal stenosis and bilateral sacroiliitis, is related to an injury incurred during his training in Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1974. The Board granted service connection for this condition.
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