The Veteran's service-connected obesity is attributed to his service-connected left plantar wart and bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, which has caused him to develop polymyositis and arthritis of multiple joints. The Board grants service connection for these conditions on a secondary basis.
The deciding factor: Obesity was found to be the result of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, leading to his development of polymyositis and arthritis of multiple joints.
- Claimed conditions
- polymyositis, arthritis of the right knee, arthritis of the left knee, arthritis of the lumbar spine, arthritis of the cervical spine, arthritis of the right hip, arthritis of the left hip
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2023
- Citation
- 23066794
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for PTSD, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, insomnia, unspecified psychosis, arthritis of the lumbar spine, degenerative disc disease, multilevel spinal stenosis, and arthritis of the cervical spine and degenerative disc disease. The diagnoses are linked to in-service physical assaults.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and dismissed all other appeals related to various joint conditions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for arthritis of the right and left knees, finding that it is at least as likely as not that these conditions developed due to the Veteran's active military service.,No new evidence or exposure basis was provided in this decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for polymyositis and antisynthetase syndrome are remanded due to the submission of new evidence, including a TERA memo. A VA examination is required to assess whether these conditions are related to his military service, specifically his participation in a toxic exposure risk activity (TERA).
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