The Board has granted service connection for left elbow epicondylitis, cervical degenerative joint disease, lumbar degenerative disc disease, right ankle degenerative arthritis, and right knee chondromalacia as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected fibromyalgia.,Giving the Veteran the benefit of the doubt, the Board found that his service-connected fibromyalgia aggravated each of these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran’s service-connected fibromyalgia aggravated his left elbow epicondylitis, cervical degenerative joint disease, lumbar degenerative disc disease, right ankle degenerative arthritis, and right knee chondromalacia.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow epicondylitis, cervical degenerative joint disease, lumbar degenerative disc disease, right ankle degenerative arthritis, right knee chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20077746
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