Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple disabilities, including thoracolumbar spine disability, bilateral knee and hip disabilities, heart disease, erectile dysfunction, COPD, and denied an initial rating higher than 50 percent for MDD with GAD.
The deciding factor: The most probative evidence demonstrated that the Veteran's claimed conditions were caused or aggravated by his service-connected right foot crush injury through chronic abnormal gait and asymmetric weightbearing.
- Claimed conditions
- Thoracolumbar spine disability (including IVDS), Right knee disability, Left knee disability, Right hip disability, Left hip disability, Heart disease (CAD and history of myocardial infarctions), Erectile dysfunction, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104698
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