The Board has granted service connection for lumbar degenerative disc disease with radiculopathy and bilateral pes planus with arthritis, finding that these conditions are at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The expert opinion concluded that the Veteran’s current diagnoses of lumbar DDD with radiculopathy and bilateral pes planus with arthritis were at least as likely as not related to his in-service symptoms and injuries, including mechanical back pain and a workplace injury.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar degenerative disc disease with radiculopathy, bilateral pes planus with arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2018
- Citation
- 18104225
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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for special monthly compensation based on housebound status as he does not have a single disability rated at 100% and his disabilities are not so severe that they render him substantially confined to his residence.
- Granted
The Board has granted the previously denied claims of entitlement to service connection for bilateral pes planus with arthritis and right knee disability, finding new evidence sufficient to readjudicate these claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for bilateral pes planus with arthritis due to non-compliance with previous instructions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease as secondary to bilateral pes planus with arthritis, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise and granting the benefit of doubt to the Veteran.
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