The Board has granted service connection for DDD of the lumbar spine, but denied service connection for bilateral hip disorder and bilateral shoulder disorder as secondary to a back disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's DDD of the lumbar spine is related to his military service. However, there is no evidence linking his bilateral hip or shoulder disorders to his service or any service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the lumbar spine, Bilateral hip disorder, Bilateral shoulder disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2019
- Citation
- A19003399
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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.
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