The Board has determined that the Veteran's degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine is aggravated by his service-connected right hip disability, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's low back disorder was aggravated beyond its natural progression by his service-connected right hip femoral neck stress fracture.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease, lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2023
- Citation
- 23013039
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a higher rating for the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability and granted TDIU from February 21, 2018.
- Granted
The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been received to warrant the readjudication of your claims for service connection for degenerative joint disease, lumbar spine, shin splints, and diabetes mellitus. Your tailbone condition is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate rationale in the March 2020 VA examination and failure to consider the Veteran's lay statements regarding his symptoms.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU were denied. The right knee was rated at 10% prior to December 12, 2019, and at 20% from that date onwards. For the lumbar spine, a 40% rating was granted effective January 15, 2014, with TDIU also being granted.
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