The Board has granted service connection for left hip osteoarthritis, right hip osteoarthritis, and left knee degenerative arthritis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected mild plantar fasciitis, effective June 12, 2019.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided were in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's diagnosed bilateral osteoarthritis and diagnosed left knee degenerative arthritis are due to his service connected plantar fasciitis. The Board applied the benefit-of-the-doubt rule and found that the evidence supports the grant of service connection from June 12, 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip osteoarthritis, right hip osteoarthritis, left knee degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- December 12, 2024
- Citation
- A24083100
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