The Board has reopened the Veteran's service connection claim for bilateral hip disability and lumbar spine disability, but remanded to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners were not able to reconcile all prior diagnoses with current findings or address whether the disabilities are proximately due to or aggravated by service-connected knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral iliotibial band syndrome, degenerative disc disease and spondylosis
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2018
- Citation
- 1825342
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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- Denied
The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection for degenerative disc disease and spondylosis, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy are denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for adjudication of the issue of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the January 1971 rating determination that denied service connection for a nervous condition. The issues of effective dates, TDIU, DEA eligibility, and an increased evaluation for bipolar disorder will be addressed after CUE is resolved.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right shoulder disability and migraines/chronic headaches are remanded for additional development due to insufficient opinions on the etiology of her conditions.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's lumbar spine arthritis is aggravated by his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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