The Veteran's bilateral hip and lumbar spine degenerative joint disease and arthritis are granted as secondary to his service-connected colitis. The rash is denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s current diagnoses of bilateral hip and lumbar spine degenerative joint disease and arthritis were related to his long-term use of steroids prescribed for his service-connected colitis.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip, degenerative joint disease and arthritis, low back condition (previously claimed as back pain), rash, right hip, degenerative joint disease and arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2019
- Citation
- A19000387
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Decisions by this judge: 2,156 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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Related decisions
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinions and needs further development.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for rash and skin irritation before the Board could make a decision.
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