The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for left hip strain, right hip strain, lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, and right ankle ligament sprain with degenerative arthritis as the evidence did not support a higher rating under applicable criteria.
The deciding factor: The examination reports showed that the Veteran's conditions did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under any of the relevant diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip strain, right hip strain, lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, right ankle ligament sprain with degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090873
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 878 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions were granted effective from July 1, 2020.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for lumbosacral strain, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, and left hip strain as secondary to lumbosacral strain have been granted. The claim for left hip strain is remanded due to insufficient evidence on whether it was caused or aggravated by the service-connected lumbosacral strain.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found the evidence persuasive against finding that the Veteran's lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis is proximately due to, the result of, or aggravated by his service-connected duodenal ulcer, pancreatitis, and cervical spondylosis with IVDS, degenerative disc disease, and stenosis. Therefore, the claim for service connection was denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several claims for further action, including effective date determinations and service connection determinations. The Veteran's service records from Portsmouth Naval Hospital are requested to be obtained.
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