The Board has granted service connection for trochanteric pain syndrome of the left hip, right hip, and lumbosacral strain as secondary to service-connected PTSD on an aggravation basis.,Service connection was also granted for diabetes mellitus and hypertension as secondary to service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's service-connected PTSD has led to obesity, which in turn caused her diabetes mellitus and hypertension. The examiner provided strong support for this conclusion based on multiple studies showing an increased likelihood of overweight and obesity among veterans with PTSD.,The Board found the August 2020 VA opinion highly probative as it explained that PTSD often leads to weight gain and metabolic dysfunction, which in turn can cause diabetes mellitus and hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- trochanteric pain syndrome of the left hip, trochanteric pain syndrome of the right hip, lumbosacral strain, diabetes mellitus, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2021
- Citation
- 21073302
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