Granted
The Board grants service connection for right knee and lumbar spine ankylosing spondylitis, as these conditions are caused by the Veteran's already service-connected seronegative spondyloarthropathy.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's current ankylosing spondylitis is at least as likely as not related to her service-connected seronegative spondyloarthropathy, which affects the same inflammatory process.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee ankylosing spondylitis, Lumbar spine ankylosing spondylitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25110969
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