The Board has granted service connection for erectile dysfunction, gastroesophageal reflux disease, bilateral hip disabilities, bilateral knee disabilities, and lumbar disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left ankle disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise that the Veteran's current diagnoses of ED, GERD, bilateral hip disabilities, bilateral knee disabilities, and lumbar disability are proximately due to his service-connected left ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Left Hip Degenerative Arthritis with Femoral Acetabular Impingement Syndrome (left hip disability), Right Hip Femoral Acetabular Impingement Syndrome (right hip disability), Left Knee Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (left knee disability), Right Knee Degenerative Arthritis (right knee disability), Thoracolumbar Spine Degenerative Arthritis (lumbar disability)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2024
- Citation
- A24072560
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,500 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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