The Board denied service connection for a left knee condition and left leg spasms as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine.,Service connection was also remanded for right hip tendinitis and unspecified polyneuropathy bilateral distal legs, both claimed as secondary to the same service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a current diagnosis for the Veteran's left knee condition or left leg spasms.,Right hip tendinitis was diagnosed but deemed unrelated to the Veteran's back condition. Unspecified polyneuropathy bilateral distal legs was also diagnosed, but its relationship to the Veteran's back condition required further investigation.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Condition, Left Leg Spasms, Right Hip Tendinitis, Unspecified Polyneuropathy Bilateral Distal Legs
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2018
- Citation
- 18157307
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