The Veteran's sinusitis is found to be related to her active service.,Her right hip strain and degenerative joint disease with sciatic nerve involvement are found to be secondary to her service-connected degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine.,Her left ankle strain, osteoarthritis, and osteopenia are found to be secondary to her service-connected bilateral pes planus.,Her left shoulder strain and osteoarthrosis are found to be secondary to her service-connected cervical spine stenosis with degenerative disc disease.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions provided by the Veteran's treating physicians support a finding that these conditions are related to her active service.
- Claimed conditions
- sinusitis, right hip strain and degenerative joint disease with sciatic nerve involvement, left ankle strain, osteoarthritis and osteopenia, left shoulder strain and osteoarthrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2018
- Citation
- 1822817
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