The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, but denied service connection for left hip osteoarthritis and left foot disorder.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current lumbar spine disability is at least as likely as not related to an in-service motor vehicle accident. The preponderance of evidence did not support a finding that the left hip or left foot disorders began during service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability (degenerative arthritis of the spine with spinal stenosis, L5 with laminectomy and degenerative disc disease), left hip osteoarthritis, left foot disorder (plantar fasciitis with fracture of the second and third proximal phalanges)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2019
- Citation
- A19000449
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for left knee, right knee, and lumbosacral spine conditions but granted service connection for right hip and left hip osteoarthritis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right anterior superior iliac spine avulsion fracture.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease and IVDS, left hip osteoarthritis, and right knee osteoarthritis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left hip osteoarthritis and right hip osteoarthritis as secondary to the Veteran's now service-connected knee disabilities, but denied service connection for a variety of other conditions including bilateral ankle, shoulder, foot, mood disorder, tinnitus, hyperlipidemia, and knees.
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