The Veteran's lumbar spine, left hip, and left leg conditions are granted as secondary to service-connected sarcoidosis. A 20% rating is assigned for each condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise on whether the Veteran’s lumbar spine, left hip, and left leg conditions are due to his service-connected sarcoidosis.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative arthritis, left hip degenerative arthritis, left leg pain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 25, 2018
- Citation
- 18144141
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