The Veteran's claim for service connection for lumbar DDD as secondary to right knee disorders was denied. The claim for bilateral hip disability as secondary to right knee disorders is remanded.
The deciding factor: The July 2013 VA examiner did not provide a medical opinion on whether the Veteran’s bilateral hip disability, including impairment, is at least as likely as not caused or aggravated by his service-connected right knee disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease, lumbar spine, Bilateral hip disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2018
- Citation
- 18108949
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