The Board granted service connection for right foot pain, left foot pain, right knee pain, and left knee pain as secondary to obesity caused by the Veteran's service-connected benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided by Dr. C.B., MD., supported a positive nexus between the Veteran's service-connected BPPV, including weight gain/obesity resulting from this disability, and his bilateral foot and knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot pain, left foot pain, right knee pain, left knee pain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2024
- Citation
- A24067778
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.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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