The Board granted service connection for right hip arthritis, left hip arthritis, right knee arthritis, left knee arthritis, lumbar spine arthritis and degenerative disc disease (DDD), cervical spine arthritis, right foot pain causing impairment in earning capacity, and left foot pain causing impairment in earning capacity on a direct basis.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's disabilities had onset in service, and reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip arthritis, left hip arthritis, right knee arthritis, left knee arthritis, lumbar spine arthritis and degenerative disc disease (DDD), cervical spine arthritis, right foot pain causing impairment in earning capacity, left foot pain causing impairment in earning capacity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25053889
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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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection for the claimed conditions.
- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right knee strain, left hip strain, right hip arthritis, and lumbar spine degenerative disc disease as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected chronic iliotibial band syndrome of the left knee. The appeal was denied for service connection for right ear hearing loss.
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