Granted
The Board granted service connection for a right hip condition, back condition, and right ankle strain as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran's right knee condition caused an altered gait which aggravated his right hip, back, and right ankle conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip trochanteric bursitis, lumbar spinal stenosis and anterior spurring, right ankle strain, right hip condition (secondary to right knee), left hip condition (secondary to right knee), back condition (secondary to right knee)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100675
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