Granted
The Board granted service connection for low back pain, right hip pain, and left hip pain secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee disabilities based on medical evidence establishing a causal relationship between these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the probative evidence established that it was at least as likely as not that the Veteran's lower back, right hip, and left hip disabilities were caused by his service-connected right knee disabilities due to altered gait patterns and increased stress on other joints.
- Claimed conditions
- low back pain, right hip pain, left hip pain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093767
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