The Board denied service connection for lumbosacral, right knee, right hip, and right ankle conditions as they were not shown to be related to the Veteran's active duty or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran's lumbosacral, right knee, right hip, and right ankle conditions were caused by his service-connected pes planus. The first complaints of these conditions came years after service, and there was no direct pathophysiologic relationship between the pes planus condition and the other conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral condition, right knee condition, right hip condition, right ankle condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25018788
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